For many years it has been accepted that sulfite reacts with oxygen to protect sugar mill boilers from oxygen related corrosion. The relatively low cost of using sulfite for this purpose has been used as an argument for some factories to either not maintain or not...
Contamination of boiler feedwater with sugar juice is a reasonably common event at most sugar mills. The consequences of such contamination can range from relatively minor impacts on water chemistry to major equipment failures; especially if the event causes a large...
Sugar mill boilers are unique compared to many other industrial boilers because of the type of fuel used, availability of condensate as feedwater, and relatively high steaming rates at comparatively low heat fluxes. These circumstances have allowed practices not...
