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Improvement of water chemistries and chemical monitoring at thermal power stations

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Problems connected with operation of thermal power stations that use different water chemistries are considered. It is shown that there is a need to monitor the quality of water and steam using a common-station automated process control system.

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  1. Moscow Power Engineering Institute, ul. Krasnokazarmennaya 14, Moscow, 111250, Russia

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Original Russian Text © V.N. Voronov, T.I. Petrova, 2010, published in Teploenergetika.

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Voronov, V.N., Petrova, T.I. Improvement of water chemistries and chemical monitoring at thermal power stations. Therm. Eng. 57, 543–548 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040601510070013

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