Patent ID: 7220382
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: C02F,F22B,G01M,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of tracing the water in a boiler and a boiler water system, comprising the steps of: a) providing a boiler and a boiler water system; b) placing in the water of said boiler, an inert fluorescent tracer which has a detectable fluorescent signal, wherein said inert fluorescent tracer is an isomer of anthracene disulfonic acid or a salt thereof; c) providing a fluorometer capable of detecting the fluorescent signal of said inert fluorescent tracer; d) using said fluorometer to detect and measure the fluorescent signal of said inert fluorescent tracer in the water of said boiler; e) using said fluorometer to detect and measure the fluorescent signal of said inert fluorescent tracer in fluid removed from a steam line of said boiler; f) using the detected fluorescent signal of said inert fluorescent tracer in the water of said boiler and in fluid removed from a steam line of said boiler to determine the amount of unwanted carryover of boiler water into a steam line; and optionally g) adjusting the operating parameters of said boiler to minimize the amount of unwanted carryover of boiler water into a steam line.