Boiler Water Test Kits

All industries, particularly power plants, technical institutions, chemical corporations, and food and beverage companies should routinely check their boiler and cooling water systems to avoid corrosion and malfunction. This is to ensure smooth and continuous business operations.

Water test kits are developed to aid experts like scientists, facilities managers, engineers, environmental health specialists, and water treatment professionals to perform a range of water quality analysis procedures quickly and accurately. Testing can be done by the company’s laboratory,  subcontractors, or other third party providers. There are different kinds of water kits that perform specific tests like replacement reagents, drop test utilization, bacteria and fungi testers, comparator reagents, hardness indicators, and electronic meters.

To maximize time and energy however, there is a water tester that does most of the tests. It contains:

• Alkalinity indicator, P&T; 1 drop = 10 ppm as CaCO3/25 ml
• Hardness indicator, total & calcium; 1 drop = 2 or 10 ppm as CaCO3/25 ml
• Orthophosphate = 30 or 60 ppm as PO4
• Sulfite; 1 drop = 2 or 10 ppm as Na2SO3/25 ml
• Oakton pH tester 30 range – 1.0 to 15.0 pH resolution; 0.01 pH Oakton
• C Tester 11 dual range 0 to 2,000 μS; 0 to 20 mS

Reference: http://www.inspectapedia.com/water/watrtest.htm

Dowfrost

Dowfrost is a propylene glycol-based heat transfer fluid that contains specially formulated food grade industrial inhibitors to help prevent corrosion. Because propylene glycol has low toxicity, it is often used in applications where food and beverage contact can occur like immersion freezing, packaging carbonated beverages, and fermentation cooling.

Recommended temperature range is from -45°C (-50°F) to 120°C (250°F. Product is colorless and is composed of 96 percent propylene glycol and 4 percent performance additives. It has a specific gravity of 1.050-1.060 in 15/15°C (60/60°F). Dowfrost’s pH is 9.0-10.0 and its reserve alkalinity is 10
ml. (minimum). Product is available in 1, 2, 4, 5, 15, 30, and 55 gallons but custom blends can also be purchased in any size.

Dowfrost HD heat transfer fluid also serves as an industrial corrosion inhibitor with a formulation of 94 percent propylene glycol. The fluid is dyed fluorescent yellow to aid in leak detection. Solutions in water provide freeze protection to below -50°C (-60°F) and burst protection to below -73°C (-100°F).

Recommended use temperature range is from -45°C (-50°F) to 160°C (325°F). Suitable applications include: single fluid process and cooling, closed loop, water-based HVAC applications where propylene glycol solutions are preferred or required. (Note: Dowfrost HD is not approved for food use by the USDA and FDA, nor is suitable for food or beverage application.) Product is available in 1, 5, and 55 gallons.

Reference: http://www.dow.com/heattrans/prod/glycol/dowfrost.htm