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When is the best time to give a boiler a bottom blow?

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• Boiler blowdown types: difference between surface blow and bottom blow, and what each one removes from the boiler. • Sludge and sediment behavior: when and where mud, sludge, and sediments tend to settle inside a boiler during operation and while sitting idle. • Effect of pressure and load: how boiler pressure and steaming load affect the effectiveness and safety of a bottom blow.

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• Think about when the most sludge and sediment will have settled at the bottom where a bottom blow can remove it most effectively. • Consider whether you want the boiler connected to the main steam line and under heavy load while suddenly dumping water from the bottom. • Ask yourself at which point the boiler still has enough pressure to give a strong scouring action, but you won’t seriously disturb the plant’s steam supply.

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• Verify what bottom blow is specifically intended to remove (solids/sludge at the bottom vs dissolved solids at the surface). • Check whether a bottom blow should be done with pressure on the boiler or when pressure has dropped to zero. • Consider whether it is safer and more effective to bottom blow the boiler before or after it is carrying load on the line.

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