Improvement of corrosion process control techniques at engineering facilities under high parameters of water coolants

Abstract

Introduction. The work objective is to increase the reliability of the prediction methods for the lithium hydroxide behavior in the steam-water circuit at the thermal power plants and nuclear power plants, and for the operational monitoring of the pH index of steam solutions. A method of operational control is developed on the basis of the conductometric measurements of the hydrogen index of the corrosion inhibitor vapor solutions for construction materials of lithium hydroxide used at the TPP and NPS.Materials and Methods. A mathematical model method is used for the practical implementation of the high-temperature operational control of the steam solution pH index.Research Results. A method for monitoring the pH of vapor solutions of lithium hydroxide based on the determination of vapor concentration through the steam condensation in the coolable conductivity sensor located in the vapor space of the steam generator is developed. This has significantly improved the accuracy of determining the lithium hydroxide concentration. Equations describing the change in the limiting molar equivalent conductance and dissociation constants of lithium hydroxide in a wide range of state change parameters are proposed.Discussion and Conclusions. The proposed on-line technique of testing the pH value of steam solutions, and mathematical models for calculating the limiting molar equivalent conductance and dissociation constants provide an acceptable error level calculations and the capability of measurements automation. With an increase in the vapor temperature up to 573.15 K, the necessity arises to fortify lithium hydroxide in the vapor to 10-2 mol/kg.

Keywords

• mechanical engineering
• corrosion processes
• automatic control
• vapor phase
• conductometric methods
• monitoring