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Record No:14619-2004
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Power Industrial Standard of the People’s Republic of China

DL/T 889-2004

Substitute SDJJS 03-1988

Guide of chemistry supervision of thermal equipments

for power station capital construction

电力基本建设热力设备化学
监 督 导 则

Issued on 2004-10-20 Executed on 2005-04-01

Issued by National Development and Reform Committee of the People’s Republic of

China
 Preface

The standard is revised and compiled on basis of SDJJS 03-1988 according to the requirement of Power
[2002] No 70 file of original State economic and trade commission.
The original standard has been implemented for 15 years since it war issued and executed on June 1,
1988. In recent 10 years, large capacity, sub-critical and super-critical thermal power generation unit,
new process and new technology are continuously put into use, 300MW and above thermal power
generation unit has already been main unit of thermal power plant in our country. Therefore, the
chemical supervision requirements on transportation, installation location, installation and cleaning,
water for hydrostatic test, chemical cleaning, water flushing before startup of unit, steam blowing, water
and steam quality standard during startup of unit, anticorrosion protection of unit etc are higher and
stricter. The scientific and technological workers in foreign and home thermal power plants have
achieved a plenty of new results and good experience on chemical supervision, which has provided
important scientific basis for the revision of the standard.
Following contents are mainly revised in the standard:
- Add Preface.
- Add Normative reference documents.
- Add Chemical technical and supervision reports and test reports of thermal equipments during
capital construction stage, and it is requested to organize reports and filed as basic documents of
unit.
- Add contents that internal surface of copper pipe shall be inspected before ammonia test of copper
pipe.
- Make revision on chemical cleaning contents of thermal equipment according to DL/T 704 Chemical
cleaning guide for boiler in thermal power plant.
- Make revision and supplement on water and steam quality index of the original text in complete
startup trial running of unit chapter according to DL/T 561 Guide for Chemical Supervision of Water
and Steam in Thermal Power Plants and GB/T 12145 Quality criterion of water and steam for thermal
power generation unit and steam power equipment
- Add contents of “General requirement”, “Quality requirement of steam turbine oil and flame retardant
oil”, “Quality requirement of cooling water in generator” and “Disposal during deterioration of water
and steam quality” etc contents.
- Add anticorrosion protection contents.
The standard was advanced by China Electric Power Enterprise Association.
The standard was centralized interpreted by power plant chemical standardization technological
committee in electric power industry.
The drafting units of the standard: Hubei Electrical Power Test Research Institute.
Main drafter of the standard: Yu Yafei, Zhan Yuezhang, Zhu Xingbao.
The standard substitutes SDJJS 03-1988 after its execution.

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 Content

Preface..................................................................................................................................................................... 2
1 Scope............................................................................................................................................................... 4
2 Normative reference documents .............................................................................................................. 4
3 General ............................................................................................................................................................ 4
4 Inspection and requirement prior to delivery........................................................................................ 5
5 Field safekeeping and supervision .......................................................................................................... 7
6 Installation and hydrostatic test ............................................................................................................... 8
7 Chemical cleaning ...................................................................................................................................... 10
8 Water flushing of the whole unit before startup ................................................................................. 12
9 Steam blowing ............................................................................................................................................. 14
10 Whole startup and trial run of unit ......................................................................................................... 15

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 DL/T 889-2004

Guide of chemistry supervision of thermal equipments

for power station capital construction
1 Scope
The standard stipulates the requirements on thermal equipments for power station capital construction,
contents including: Ex-work inspection of thermal equipment, safekeeping of thermal equipment after it
arrives installation location, installation, hydrostatic test, chemical cleaning, blowing before startup of unit,
water and steam quality standard during trial run of complete unit, regulation and control of water and
steam quality, quality requirements on steam turbine oil and flame retardant oil, rust inhibitor for thermal
equipment shutdown (standby).
The standard is applicable to the unit in thermal power plant which rated pressure of thermal equipments
are 12.7Mpa and above. The unit with rated pressure of 12.7Mpa and below can also refer to it for
implementation.

2 Normative reference documents

The terms in the following documents constitute the terms of the standard through reference of the
standard. For all referred documents with date, all subsequent revision sheet (not including corrigenda)
or revision version are not applicable to the standard. But, all parties which have made agreement
according to the standard are encouraged to study whether the latest version of these documents can be
applied. For all documents without date, its latest versions are applicable to the standard.
GB/T 7596 Quality criteria of turbine oils in service for power plants
GB 8978 Integrated wastewater discharge standard
GB/T 14541 Guide for maintenance and supervision of in-service turbine mineral oil used for
power plants
DL/T 561-1995 Guide for Chemical Supervision of Water and Steam in Thermal Power Plants
DL/T 571 Guide for acceptance, in-service supervision and maintenance of fire-resistant
fluid used in power plants
DL/T 712 Guideline for the selection of condenser pipe materials in power plant
DL/T 794-2001 Chemical cleaning guide for boiler in thermal power plant
DL/T 855 Code for maintenance and safekeeping of thermal power equipment in electric
power capital construction
DL/T 5011 Code for erection and acceptance of electric power construction (Steam turbine
section)
SD 223 Guide for anti-corrosion of shutdown (standby) thermal equipments in thermal
power plant
SD 246 Chemical supervision system

3 General
3.1 The chemical supervision work of thermal equipments in power plant shall comply with the general
requirements on chemical supervision of thermal power plant in SD 246 during capital construction
stage.
3.2 The owner or commission units shall be responsible to organize the chemical supervision work of
thermal equipments in power plant during capital construction stage, the owner, construction,
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supervision and commissioning etc units shall jointly participate in. The owner shall participate in the
quality acceptance of condenser pipe, hydrostatic test of boiler, chemical cleaning of boiler, and steam
blowing, complete 168h trial run test of unit etc important items. Each supervision work shall be brought
into the project schedule plan, its implementation condition shall be taken as one basis for examination
and evaluation of engineering quality.
3.3 The chemical technical supervision report and inspection report etc during the capital construction
of the thermal equipments shall be organized and filed as the basic documents of the unit.

4 Inspection and requirement prior to delivery

4.1 Delivery requirements of thermal equipments and components
4.1.1 All delivered bundles, pipes and equipments shall be strictly blown. No water accumulation,
sediment, filth and obvious corrosive products are allowed in the pipe and bundle. All openings of the
economizer, water cooling wall, overeater, reheated bundle and its header, piping and lockable
equipments shall have reliable sealing measures in order to prevent ingression of water, sediment and
dust during transportation.

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4.1.2 The inner surface of the economizer, water cooling wall and steam piping etc components shall
have no obvious oxide scale and corrosive products.
4.1.3 The outer surface of the equipments for long way marine and land transportation and long time
storage and the bundle of the reheater or overheater which are made of Austenite steel shall be
painted with protective paint. The pipe ends shall be sealed.
4.1.4 Anticorrosion measures shall be taken for the deaerator and condenser etc large vessels
during delivery. Descriptions shall be available on the equipment documents.
4.1.5 The high pressure and low pressure heater which are made of low carbon pipe material shall
be charged with nitrogen gas and sealed after they are washed cleanlily and keep slight
positive pressure of nitrogen gas in the scope ranging from 0.03Mpa to 0.05Mpa, or apply
organic amine etc gas phase protection method for protection. The applied protection method
shall be described on the product documents.
4.1.6 The moisture separation equipment in steam drum shall be properly packed during delivery in
order to protect against pollution of water, sediment or deformation caused by collision during
transportation. When coating method is applied on the inner wall of the steam drum and the
surface of the moisture separation equipment for anticorrosion, paint coating method shall not
be applied. It shall be considered that the coating material shall be easy to be removed cleanlily
before startup and trial run of the complete unit.
4.1.7 The derusting and anticorrosion measures shall be applied on the tubing and casing, flame
retardant oil pipe of steam turbine, and qualified protective package shall be available.
4.1.8 For the equipment which is made of austenitic steel, the water for hydrostatic test shall comply
with the requirements in clause 6.4.3 of the standard.
4.2 Delivery requirement of condenser pipe
4.2.1 Comply with the material selection requirements of DL/T 712, qualified protective package shall
be available, the packing box shall be firm so as to ensure that no deformation occurs during
lifting and transportation.
4.2.2 Sample according to batch and carry out analysis on material composition, the inspection
report shall be issued.
4.2.3 Carry out appearance inspection one by one, no crack, blister, hollow, and spur and inclusion
etc defects occur on the surface. No grease stain and filth are allowed in pipe, the pipe shall
not bend. No residual carbon film is allowed in inner surface of the copper pipe.
4.2.4 The records of physical performance, heat treatment certificate and above inspection shall be
available on delivery of the condenser pipe.
4.3 Configuration of boiler and steam anticorrosion protection equipment
4.3.1 Provide main steam pipe of boiler, high temperature overheater, reheater, ceiling steam header
and nitrogen filling connection pipe holder, valve at top of steam drum etc matched equipments.
4.3.2 Provide heat air drying system, high pressure heater, low pressure heater, gland heater etc
thermal equipments for steam turbine, and the system shall be equipped with nitrogen filling
interface and equipment.
4.3.3 The regenerative air preheater shall be equipped with anticorrosion washing equipment.

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5 Field safekeeping and supervision
5.1 Field safekeeping requirements of thermal equipment
5.1.1 The thermal equipment shall be properly safekept after it arrives at site so as to keep good
original conditions of the equipment. The special personnel shall be responsible for
anticorrosion supervision and makes inspection records well. In case some problem is found,
he shall advance request to the relevant department and solves it in time.
5.1.2 In case the antirust coat of the thermal equipments and components are damaged and fall off,
please coat again in time.
5.1.3 The seal cover of the overheater, reheater, water cooling wall and high pressure heater can
only be opened 2h prior to installation; the seal cover of other equipments can be opened at
construction day. In case the seal cover falls off during handling and storage process, please
cover or pack it in time.
5.1.4 The seal cover of the tubing and casing, oil pipe and flame retardant oil pipe of steam turbine
can only be opened 2h prior to assembly.
5.2 Inspection and supervision of condensor pipe
5.2.1 Please lightly handle and place during unpacking and handling of condensor pipe. Don’t tamper
by force during installation in order to avoid increasing inner stress of the condenser pipe.
5.2.2 The eddy current detection shall be carried out on 100% condenser copper pipes, or sample
5% amount of copper pipes for hydrostatic test, the pressure of the hydrostatic test ranges from
0.3 Mpa to 0.5 Mpa. In case the quantity of the unqualified pipes reaches 1% sampling amount,
so test shall be carried out on each condenser pipe. The pipes which are unqualified in eddy
current detection or hydrostatic test are not used again.
5.2.3 Sample 0.1% amount of condenser copper pipe and carry out 24h ammonia test on brass pipe
according to requirements of clause 3.6 in DL/T 561-1995, inspect residual inner stress. In case
it is unqualified during first sampling, carry out second sampling with amount in two times. In
case there is still unqualified copper pipe, the annealing heat treatment shall be carried out on
all copper pipes in this batch, the steam temperature for annealing heat treatment ranges from
300℃ to 350℃. The time for annealing generally ranges from 4h to 6h. Before ammonia test,
please check inner surface of copper pipe which shall be smooth, no scratch and residual
carbon film. The copper pipe with residual carbon film is considered as unqualified copper
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5.2.4 Sample 0.05%~0.1% amount of condenser tube to carry out tube expanding process
performance test (including flattening test and expanding test). In case the test is unqualified,
carry out tube expanding process performance test again after annealing heat treatment with
temperature ranging from 400℃ to 550℃ is carried out at tube expanding location of the tube.
5.2.5 Firstly carry out trial expansion before official expansion of condenser tube. The expansion
location has no under-expansion and over-expansion. The thickness thinning of tube wall at
expansion location approximately ranges from 4% to 6%; the expansion location shall be
smooth and clean no crack and obvious cutting mark; the expansion joint depth at expansion
location generally ranges from 75% to 90% thickness of tube plate. After the trial expansion
work is qualified, the tube expansion can be officially carried out.
5.2.6 Inspect all water vapor tube connected to the condenser. Water and vapor are not allowed to
directly impact the condenser tube. The water spraying hole on water inlet tube shall fully
atomize the inlet water.
5.2.7 Inspect that the tube plate hole shall be smooth and no spur before tube running and
thoroughly clean inner area of condenser shell, remove the rust and grease on inner wall of the
shell.
5.2.8 The condenser equipped with titanium tube and titanium tube plate shall also comply with
following requirements besides relevant requirements on condenser tube:
a) Oil filth on ends of titanium tube and titanium tube plate shall be cleaned by white cloth with
degreasing solvent (such ethanol and trichloroethylene). After the tube is expanded, the
extruded part of the tube plate shall be cleaned by ethanol and then weld.
b) The tube hole, guide for tube running and construction tools for tube ends shall be cleaned
by ethanol before each application. The lead hammer isn’t allowed to be used during tube
running.
5.2.9 The assembly of the condenser shall be carried out according to process quality requirements
in DL/T 5011. After the assembly is complete, water-filled test shall be carried out on steam side
of the condenser, the water-filled height shall be 100mm higher that the top of the condenser
tube, no leakage occurs after 24h.

6 Installation and hydrostatic test

6.1 Inspection and blowing before piping assembly
Inspect and clean inner area of equipments and piping before assembly, remove inner rust,
sediment, dust, welding slag, insulation material etc filth, blow with oil-free compressed air,
manual derusting shall be carried out in large diameter pipe if necessary. In order to improve
cleaning effect, large diameter pipe can also be cleaned by oil-free compressed air, it
corresponds that the sponge bat of 2.5 times pipe diameter passes through the pipe.
6.2 Pre-washing of boiler-front water system
6.2.1 The trial run and hydrostatic test of boiler-front water system can be carried out combining with
pre-washed process. Clarified water can be applied during washing and hydrostatic test of
pipes and equipments, which shall comply with following requirements:
a) Washing of boiler-front water system can be carried out by condensate pump, the minimum
flow rate shall not be less than 1m/s or washing flow rate exceeds 50% flow rate at rated
condition of the unit.
b) Flow rate shall be changed during flushing process, disturb accumulated impurity at dead
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 space of the system and clean them out of the system. After large scale vessel is flushed,
open manhole and clean retentate in water tank.
c) For system with filter screen, dismantle filter screen and clean after flushing.
6.2.2 The drainage after pre-washing shall comply with following requirements:
a) Difference of turbidity at inlet and outlet shall be less than 10FTU.
b) Turbidity of water at outlet shall be less than 20FTU.
c) Outlet water shall have no sediment and rust etc impurity particle and shall be clean and
transparent.
6.3 Conditions before hydrostatic test of boiler
6.3.1 Water supply conditions shall be available on feed water treatment system for preparation of
desalted water before hydrostatic test of boiler.
6.3.2 Installation and trial run of feed water system, condensate system chemical adding equipment
shall be completed before water trial run of thermal system, and chemical adding and
adjustment capability shall be available.
6.3.3 Chemical products for hydrostatic test of boiler shall be reagent at chemical purity and above,
and they shall be qualified in field inspection.
6.4 Hydrostatic test of boiler
6.4.1 Boiler water cooling wall of steam drum and monomer or component of economizer can be
flushed by clarified water, and hydrostatic test can be carried out separately in group.
6.4.2 The complete hydrostatic test of boiler shall apply desalted water.

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6.4.3 Some certain of hydrazine or acetone shall be added in desalted water during the whole
hydrostatic test, use liquid ammonia or ammonia water to adjust pH value. Addition dosage
shall be selected according to shutdown time of boiler after hydrostatic test. The addition
dosage for the whole hydrostatic test of boiler shall comply with the requirements on table 1.
For overheater and reheater with austenite steel, contents of chlorine ion in desalted water
shall be less than 0.2 mg/L.
Table 1 Addition dosage during whole hydrostatic test of boiler
Protection time Hydrazine Acetone
Mg/L Adjust pH value with liquid Mg/L Adjust pH value with liquid
ammonia or ammonia water ammonia or ammonia water
In two weeks 200 10.0~10.5 200 10.5~10.8
0.5~1 month 200~250 10.0~10.5 200~250 10.5~10.8
1-6 months 250~300 10.0~10.5 250~300 10.5~10.8
Note: For first water intaking of panel type overheater, 250 mg/L ~ 300 mg/L hydrazine shall be added to
adjust desalted water with pH value ranging from 10.0 to 10.5.

6.5 Anticorrosion protection after hydrostatic test

The boiler which is qualified after hydrostatic test and placed for two weeks and longer shall not
on trial run, it shall be carried out anticorrosion protection. The protection method is:
a) When wet method is applied for protection, it shall comply with provisions in table 1;
b) When nitrogen filling method is applied for protection and use nitrogen to replace drained
water, the purity of nitrogen shall be more than 99.5%. Keep nitrogen pressure in the scope
ranging from 0.02 Mpa to 0.05 Mpa during nitrogen filling protection period;
c) When other method is applied for protection, it shall comply with requirements of relevant
standards.

7 Chemical cleaning
7.1 Scope and requirement
7.1.1 Chemical cleaning shall be carried out on one-through boiler and steam drum boiler with
overheated steam outlet pressure of 9.8 Mpa before they are put into operation.
7.1.2 When iron oxide in overheater is more than 100g/m3, chemical cleaning can be applied,
measures to protect against air blockage in vertical pipe, accumulation of corrosive products in
pipe and corrosion of austenite steel shall be available.
7.1.3 Chemical cleaning isn’t generally carried out on reheater. Chemical cleaning shall be carried
out for the boiler reheater for unit with outlet pressure of 17.4 Mpa and above according to the
conditions, the cleaning flow rate in the pipe shall be kept at 0.15 m/s and above, measures to
protect against air blockage in vertical pipe and accumulation of corrosive products in pipe shall
be available.
7.1.4 Cleaning of overheater and reheater can also apply steam with oxide blowing.
7.1.5 For condensate and high pressure feed water pipe in 200MW and above unit, chemical
cleaning shall be carried out when content of iron oxide is more than 150 g/m3. When content of
iron oxide is less than 150 g/m3, water flushing with flow rate of more than 0.5 m/s can be
applied. In case there is oil or grease type anticorrosion coating in piping of system, it shall
apply chemical cleaning or alkali washing.
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7.2 Cleaning quality
7.2.1 Compile chemical cleaning plan and implementation measures for boiler or thermal
equipment on basis of DL/T 794 according to structure, material of boiler thermal system
and surface status of cleaned metal, combining result of small chemical cleaning test. The
technical requirements of Chapter 4 in DL/T 794-2001 shall be fully considered.
7.2.2 The chemical cleaning of thermal equipment shall be carried out according to approved plan
and carry out supervision and inspection on following key points:
a) Check whether installations of chemical cleaning system and cleaning equipment are correct,
the fixed equipment which not be cleaned shall be isolated.
b) Quality and quantity of chemical cleaning drug shall be qualified after inspection, pickling
inhibitor shall be reliable after validation.
c) Capability of supplied brine and heating steam shall meet cleaning requirements.
d) Supervise concentration, temperature, pickling time, acid ion and iron ion concentration
change etc of pickling media, check pickling monitor tube and pickling corrosion indication
slice, correctly judge final point for pickling.

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e) Water flushing shall make whole iron of drainage be less than 50 mg/L after pickling. pH
value of drainage water kept in the scope ranging from 4.0 to 4.5 is suitable. Interval time for
rinse and passivation after acid discharge shall not be too long in order to protect against
second corrosion on surface of the cleaned metal.
7.2.3 Cleaning quality of boiler shall comply with following requirements:
a) The metal surface shall be clean after cleaning, no residual oxide and welding slag exist and
no obvious overwashing phenomenon precipitated by metal rough crystal, no copper plating
phenomenon.
b) The average metal corrosion rate measured by corrosion indication slice shall be less than
8g/m2h, the amount corrosion quantity shall be less than 80 g/(m2·h), it is qualified if descaling
rate isn’t less than 90%, it is excellent if decaling rate isn’t less than 95%.
c) Good passivation protection film shall be formed on surface after cleaning, no second
corrosion occurs, no pit corrosion shall occur on corrosion indication slice.
d) Valves and instruments on fixed equipments shall not be damaged.
7.3 Internal cleaning after cleaning
After chemical cleaning of boiler is completed, steam drum, lower header of water cooling wall,
deaerator water tank and condenser etc shall be thoroughly cleaned, remove sediment, visually
inspect that the vessel shall be clean.
7.4 Allowed conditioning time
The construction period for chemical cleaning of boiler and thermal system shall be arranged
before startup of whole unit. The conditioning time between completion of cleaning and startup
shall not be longer than 20 days. In case it can’t be put into operation in 20 days, anticorrosion
measures shall be applied according to DL/T 794 in order to prevent and reduce corrosion after
cleaning.

8 Water flushing of the whole unit before startup

8.1 General requirement
8.1.1 Carry out cold water flushing and hot water flushing before startup of the boiler.
8.1.2 Condensate water pump outlet ammonification treatment device shall be put into operation
after circulation is built up during cold water and hot water flushing process. Control pH value of
flush water in the scope ranging from 9.0 to 9.5 in order to form passivation system and reduce
flushing corrosion. After circulation is built up between condenser and startup separator, water
pump inlet ammonification treatment device shall be put in operation. Control pH value of flush
water in the scope ranging from 9.0 to 9.3.
8.1.3 Supervise iron, silica and pH value in feedup water, boiler water and condensate during the
whole process of cold water flushing and hot water flushing.
8.1.4 When the boiler is equipped with a overheater backwashing device, the overheater shall be
backwashed before first startup. The overheater which has not done chemical washing shall be
backwashed before startup of unit. The desalted water for flushing shall be ammonified and
adjust pH value in the scope from 10.0 to 10.5, flush until outlet water transparent.
8.2 Condition for water flushing
The desalted water device can supply water continuously and normally; the chemical feeding
device for ammonia and hydrazine shall normally put into operation; the deaerator shall be
passed steam and deaerated during hot flushing (put into operation at least 6h before startup),
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8.3 Cold water flushing before startup
8.3.1 Cold water flushing of condensate and low pressure feedup water system in one-through boiler
and steam drum boiler.
When content of iron in condensate and deaerator outlet water is more than 1000 µg/L,
discharge flushing way shall be applied: when content of iron in condensate and outlet water of
deaerator is less than 1000 µg/L, circulation flushing way shall be applied, and condensate
water treatment equipment shall be put into operation to make water circulate between
condenser and deaerator. When content of iron in outlet water of deaerator is less than 200
µg/L, water flushing of condensate system and low pressure feedup water system is completed.
In case no condensate treatment device is available, water changing way shall be applied and
flush to content of iron in outlet water less than 100 µg/L.
8.3.2 Cold water flushing between high pressure feedup water system and startup separator of
one-through boiler.
When content of iron in startup separator outlet water is higher than 1000 µg/L, discharging
flush shall be applied; When content of iron in startup separator outlet water is less than 1000
µg/L, return condensate water to condenser to circulate and flush, put condensate water
treatment device into operation to remove iron in water. When content of iron in outlet water in
startup separator outlet water is less than 200 µg/L, cold water flushing is completed.
8.3.3 The cold water flushing of steam drum boiler applies discharging flushing, flow from low
pressure feedup water system and passed through high pressure feedup water system to boiler.
When content of iron in outlet water of startup separator outlet water is less than 200 µg/L, cold
water flushing is completed.
8.4 Hot water flushing after startup
8.4.1 After content of iron in feedup water is less than 100 µg/L during hot water flushing, the boiler
can start up.

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8.4.2 When content of iron in outlet water of startup separator outlet water is more than 1000 µg/L
during hot water flushing of one-through boiler, water shall be discharged from startup
separator; When content of iron in outlet water of startup separator outlet water is less than
1000 µg/L, recycle water back to condenser and make purification treatment through
condensate water treatment device until content of iron in outlet water of startup separator is
less than 100 µg/L, the hot water flushing is completed.
8.4.3 Hot water flushing of steam drum boiler depends on boiler blowdown for water exchanging. In
general, it shall be flushed until content of iron in boiler water shall be less than 200 µg/L, and
then hot water flushing is completed.

9 Steam blowing
9.1 Steam blowing of boiler is one of important measures which are applied to ensure cleanliness
of steam system. Quality of boiler water and steam shall be supervised during blowing phase.
9.2 Supervise content of iron, pH value, hardness and silica etc items in feedup water during steam
blowing phase, except that the pH value (25℃) shall be controlled in the scope ranging from
8.8 to 9.3, all other items shall be referred to table 2.
Table 2 Feedup water quality standard during whole startup and trial run of unit
Boiler type Overheated Iron Silica Solvable Hardness pH value Hydrazine
steam µg/L µg/L oxygen µmol/L (25℃) µg/L
pressure of µg/L
boiler Mpa
One-through 12.7~18.3 ≤50 ≤50 ≤20 ~0 8.8~9.3
boiler 18.3~22.5 ≤30 ≤30 ≤10 (copper
>22.3 ≤20 ≤20 ≤10 system) 10~50
Steam drum ≥12.7 ≤80 ≤60 ≤30 ~0 9.0~9.5
boiler (no copper
system)

9.3 pH value of boiler water shall be in the scope from 9 to 10 during steam blowing of steam drum
boiler. The boiler water shall be treated with phosphate. The content of phosphate ion shall be
maintained in scope ranging from 2 mg/L to 10 mg/L. Please check appearance of boiler water
or content of iron before each blowing. When content of iron in boiler water is more than 1000
µg/L, blowdown shall be strengthened; when content of iron in boiler water is more than 3000
µg/L or boiler water become red and chaotic, reduce its content in water exchange way of whole
boiler during intermittent period of blowing.
Supervise steam quality during late period of blowing, measure content of iron and silica of
steam, and observe that water sample is clear and transparent.
9.4 During intermittent period of one-through boiler blowing, water in one-through boiler shall be
circulated between condenser – deaerator – boiler – startup separator, and carry out
condensate water treatment in order to keep water quality normal.
9.5 After blowing is completed, discharge boiler water in under pressure hot boiler way. Clean
strainer of condensate pump and feed up pump. Drain out water in hot water well of condenser
and water tank of deaerator, clean rust particulate and sundries contained in container.
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9.6 After blowing is completed and boiler system resumes normal, anti-corrosion protection of
boiler shall be carried out according to requirement of chapter 11 of the standard.

10 Whole startup and trial run of unit

10.1 General requirement
10.1.1 Conditions for putting into operation of water and steam sampling and analysis device of unit
shall be available. Water sample temperature and flow shall comply with design requirement
and meet requirements on simultaneous analysis of manual and on-line chemical instrument.
During 168 h full load trial run of unit, the on-line chemical instrument shall be put into
operation.
10.1.2 The automatic dosaging device for condensate, feedup water and boiler water shall be put into
operation and meet water quality adjustment requirements.
10.1.3 The deaerator water shall reach saturated temperature of operation parameter after the
deaerator is put into operation, have enough exhaust and solvable oxygen content in feed up
water.
10.1.4 The steam oil on-line filter shall keep continuous operation and remove impurity and water in
steam oil system and governing system.
10.1.5 Enough boiler feedup water shall be reserved for unit without condensate water treatment
equipment.
10.1.6 For one-through boiler or steam drum boiler which is designed to equipped with boiler feedup
water oxygen dosing treatment, feedup water shall be treated with ammonia dosing and
hydrazine dosing. Boiler water in steam drum boiler shall be treated with phosphate dosing.
10.1.7 Circulation water dosing system shall be put into operation, carry out scale inhibition, corrosion
inhibition, sterilization and anti-algae treatment according to technical conditions after design or
adjustment test. The rubber ball cleaning system of the condenser shall be put into operation.
10.1.8 Water flushing shall be carried out before the closed circulation cooling water system of the
whole plant is put into operation, the flushing quantity shall be more than the operation flow,
continue flushing until drainage water is clean and no impurity particles. The closed circulation
cooling water shall be desalted water or condensate water. Phosphate can be added in cooling
water during anti-corrosion treatment of closed circulation cooling water system. Phosphate ion
is ranged from 100 mg/L to 150 mg/L.

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10.2 Quality requirement on feedup water
Control of feedup water shall comply with table 2 during whole startup and trial run process of
unit.
10.3 Quality requirement on boiler water
The steam drum boiler shall apply phosphate treatment or all-volatile treatment during whole
startup and trial run of unit, so pH value of boiler water shall be maintained on upper limit in
order to reduce content of silica in steam.
Quality of boiler water in steam drum boiler shall comply with table 3 during whole startup and
trial run of unit.
Table 3 Quality standard of boiler water in steam drum boiler during whole startup and trial run of unit
Pressure of Treatment Conductivity Silica Iron Phosphate pH value
boiler way (25℃) mg/L µg/L mg/L (25℃)
overheated µs/cm
steam Mpa
12.7~15.6 Phosphate <60 ≤0.45 ≤400 2~8 9~10
treatment
15.7~18.3 Phosphate <50 ≤0.25 ≤300 0.5~3 9~10
treatment
Volatile <20 ≤0.2 ≤300 - 9.0~9.5
treatment
>18.3 Volatile <20 ≤0.2 ≤300 - 9.0~9.5
treatment
Note: Given value of silica is target value. The actually allowed silica content in boiler water shall ensure
that steam silica shall comply with requirement in table 4.

10.4 Quality requirements on steam

Steam quality shall comply with table 4 during whole startup and trial run of unit and 168 h full
load operation. Steam quality can temporarily slacked that silica content is less or equal to 100 µg/kg
and natrium content is less or equal to 20µg/kg during steam rolling of steam turbine. But measures
shall be applied and make steam quality reach requirements in table 4 as soon as possible.

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 Table 4 Steam quality standard during whole startup and trial run and 168h full load trial run of unit
Boiler type Pressure Phase Natrium Silica Iron Copper Conductivity
of boiler µg/kg µg/kg µg/kg µg/kg (25℃ after
overheated hydrogen
steam Mpa ion
exchange)
µs/cm
Steam drum 12.7~18.3 Load trial ≤20 ≤60 - - ≤1.0
boiler run
168 h full ≤10 ≤20 ≤20 ≤5 ≤0.3
load trial
run
One-through 12.7~18.3 Load trial ≤20 ≤30 - - -
boiler run
168 h full ≤10 ≤20 ≤10 ≤5 ≤0.3
load trial
run
18.4~25.0 168 h full ≤5 ≤15 ≤10 ≤5 ≤0.3
load trial
run

10.5 Washing silica operation of boiler

When silica in steam is more than 60µg/kg during washing silica operation of boiler, boiler
blowdown shall be strengthened or load reduced operation measures shall be applied in order
to ensure that steam quality is qualified.
10.6 Condensate water treatment system
For the unit equipped with condensate water treatment device, conditions for putting into
operation of condensate water treatment device shall be available before whole startup and trial
run of unit and ensure that condensate water treatment device can operate reliably. The
condensate water treatment device shall be put into operation as soon as possible in order to
reduce scale material, deleterious ion and metal corrosive product which enter into thermal
system and reduce heat loss and pure water loss. When unit operates under 50% and above
load, the condensate water treatment device shall be put into operation.

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10.7 Quality requirements on condensate water
The condensate water recycling shall not affect water quality is premise during whole startup of
unit. The quality of recycled condensate shall comply with table 5. But measures shall be
applied and reach requirements on feedup water during startup in short time.
Table 5 Quality standards on condensate recycling
Shape Hardness Iron Silica Copper
µmol/L µg/L µg/L µg/L
Colorless and ≤5.0 ≤80 ≤80 ≤30
transparent
Note: For coastal power plant, natrium content shall be controlled to not be more than 80 µg/L

10.8 Quality requirements on boiler feedup water

Quality of boiler feedup water shall not affect feedup water quality during whole startup and trial
run of unit. Quality of feedup water shall comply with table 6.
Table 6 Quality standard of feedup water
Water treatment system Hardness Silica Conductivity (25℃)
µmol/L µg/L µS/cm
Primary chemical ≈0 ≤20 ≤0.2
chemical desalted with
dilution bed outlet

10.9 Drain water supervision

Please strictly note supervision and management of drain water during whole startup and trial
run of unit, in particular high pressure and low pressure heater, pneumatic feed water pump etc
devices are firstly put into operation, pay attention to influence on quality of condensate water
and drain water. When content of iron in drain water of high pressure heater and low pressure
heater are more than 400 µg/L, they shall not be recycled.
10.10 Quality requirements on cooling water in generator
10.10.1 Cooling water system of generator shall be flushed before it is put into operation, quality of
flushing water shall comply with table 6.
10.10.2 Flow rate and flow velocity of flushing water shall be more than that under normal operation.
When drain water has no impurity and be clear, pH values of inlet water and outlet water are
basically consistent and conductivity is less than 2µS/cm, flushing is completed.
10.10.3 Makeup water for cooling in generator shall apply desalted water or condensate dilution bed
outlet during trial run of unit, quality of cooling water in generator shall comply with table 7
during operation.
Table 7 Quality standard of cooling water in generator
pH value (25℃) Conductivity (25℃) Hardness Copper
µS/cm µmol/L µg/L
> 6.8 ≤2.0 ≈0 ≤200
Note 1: Totally enclosed internal cooling system
Note 2: Target content of copper content ≤40µg/L.
Note 3: Target value of pH value (25℃) is in the scope ranging from 7.0 to 8.5.

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10.11 Supervision on quality of steam turbine oil and fire resistant oil
10.11.1 Quality acceptance, operation, supervision, maintenance and management of steam turbine oil
and fire resistant for steam turbine shall be done according to GB/T 7596, GB/T 14541 and
DL/T 571.
10.11.2 Cleaning and oil flushing works of steam turbine lubrication system and fire resistant oil system
shall be completed before whole startup of unit.

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Main oil quality index of steam turbine oil and fire resistant oil shall comply with table 8 before putting into
operation and during operation.
Table 8 Quality standard on steam turbine oil and fire resistant oil during whole startup and trial run of
unit
Item Visual Particle size Broken Water Acid value
inspection SAE NAS emulsifiability mg/L mg/kg MgKOH/g
of standard standard Min
mechanical class class
impurity
Steam No Before Before ≤60 20MW and - Adding rust
turbine putting into putting into above≤100, inhibitor≤0.3,
oil operation operation Below Not adding
≤3 ≤6 200MW rust
During During ≤200 inhibitor≤0.2
operation≤6 operation≤9
Fire - Middle Middle - - ≤ Middle
resistant pressure oil pressure oil 1000 pressure oil
oil ≤5 ≤8 ≤0.25
High High High
pressure pressure pressure
oil≤3 oil≤6 oil≤0.20
Note 1: Particle size index is suitable to unit of 200 MW and above.
Note 2: Limit value for control of water in steam turbine oil is 0.1%.
10.12 Treatment during deterioration of water and steam quality
In case water and steam quality are deteriorated during trial run of unit with load, synthetically
analyze quality change of water and steam in system, carry out treatment according to
requirements in table 9 after it is confirmed correct, so water and steam quality can resume to
standard value in allowed time.

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 Table 9 Treatment requirement during deterioration of water and steam quality
Water Item Standard Treatment value
system value First class Second Third class
class
Condensate Conductivity Has dilution ≤0.2 0.20~0.35 0.35~0.60 >0.60
water (After bed
hydrogen No dilution ≤0.3 0.30~0.40 0.40~0.65 >0.65
ion bed
exchange,
25℃) µs/cm
Hardness as dilution ≈0 >2.0 - -
µmol/L bed
No dilution ≤2.0 >2.0 >5.0 >20.0
bed
Feedup pH value No copper 9.0~9.5 <9.0 or >9.5 - -
water (25℃) system
With copper 8.8~9.3 <8.8 or >9.3 - -
system
Conductivity ≤0.30 0.30~0.40 0.40~0.65 >0.65
(After hydrogen ion
exchange, 25℃) µs/cm
Solvable oxygen µg/L ≤7 >7 >20 -
Boiler water pH value Phosphate 9.0~10.0 9.0~8.5 8.5~8.0 <8.0
(25℃) treatment
Volatile 9.0~9.5 9.0~8.0 8.0~7.5 <7.5
treatment
Note 1: Three class treatment value means:
First class treatment value – Possibility of corrosion, scale and salt deposition caused by impurity shall
resume to standard value in 72h.
Second class treatment value - Possibility of corrosion, scale and salt deposition positively caused by
impurity shall resume to standard value in 72h.
Third class treatment value – Rapid formed scale, salt deposition, corrosion, in case water quality
doesn’t become good, shut down boiler in 4h.
During each class for abnormal treatment, in case it isn’t resumed to normal condition in specified time,
the treatment method for higher class shall be applied. For steam drum boiler, one method for standard
value resume is pressure-decreasing operation.
Note 2: When natrium content in condensate water is more than 400 µg/L for coastal cooling power
plant, emergency shutdown shall be carried out.

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11 Anti-corrosion protection
11.1 Shutdown anti-corrosion protection on thermal equipment shall be carried out according to
relevant clauses in SD 223 during trial run phase of unit.
11.2 When it doesn’t exceed 14 days after shutdown of unit, “hot boiler discharging normal pressure
hot dry method” protection shall be applied. Please control temperature difference between
upper and lower steam drum in boiler not higher than specified value of manufacturer during
water discharging. Completely take advantage of residual heat of boiler furnace to dry residual
water on heating surface under such condition. Open air value and water discharge valve in
each part after water draining, carry away wet steam in boiler through nature ventilation. If
possible, extract or blast hot air from adjacent boiler to dry up.
11.3 When unit shuts down for 14 days and above, select following methods to protect thermal
equipment:
a) Add hydrazine with concentration ranging from 200 mg/L to 300 mg/L shall be added in
desalted water, adjust pH value in the scope ranging from 10.0 to 10.5 with ammonia, fill with
thermal water to carry out wet protection. The nitrogen which purity is higher than 99.5% shall
be filled, maintain pressure of nitrogen ranging from 002 MPa to 0.05 MPa, and enclosed.
Please isolate copper pipe thermal exchanger.
b) In case filling nitrogen protection is applied for the whole unit, slightly open water drain valve
under nitrogen pressure ranging from 0.3 MPa to 0.5 MPa when steam pressure is reduced to
0.5 MPa, fill nitrogen with purity of 99.5% and above into thermal equipment, exhaust boiler
water with nitrogen pressure. Maintain nitrogen pressure ranging from 0.02 MPa to 0.05 MPa
and enclosed.
c) After hot boiler is drain out, fill vapor phase inhibitor after gasification into boiler, after vapor
phase inhibitor is evenly distributed and inspect that content of vapor phase inhibitor in exhaust
air reaches the preset value, enclose the boiler.
d) After hot boiler is drain out, fill dry air into boiler for protection, relative humidity at outlet shall
be less than 50%.
11.4 Add suitable film forming ammonia during shutdown of unit, protect whole thermal system with
film forming ammonia method.
11.5 The thermal equipment shall apply nitrogen filling, gas phase inhibitor or film forming ammonia
method etc dry method protections at winter.
11.6 Protection solution for shutdown of drain thermal equipment shall comply with GB 8978.
11.7 Hot air dry etc methods shall be applied for protection during shutdown period of steam turbine.
11.8 Protection of condenser pipe:
11.8.1 In case circulation water pump shuts down for 3 days and above, drain out all circulation water
in condenser.
11.8.2 In case circulation water pump shuts down for long time, please drain out circulation water in
condenser and open manhole of condenser, clean water side of condenser pipe with clean
water, and blow pipe dry with oil-free compressed air.

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