Posted by Manny Silva on June 14, 2001 at 12:43:40:
In Reply to: Re: what causes may be causes of low ph value of condensate return posted by BoilingMan on June 14, 2001 at 11:03:18:
: : : what are causes of low ph of condensate, while the ph value of drum water is about 11.5 or above.
: : If the plant where you work is using your steam to process a product IE orange juice or tomatoes,and these product heaters get a leak you could be getting product containation in to your condenstate return
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: How low?It will be lower than drum water.
It would be very low tomatoes have a ph of 4.0 and oranges,lemons 3.8