The importance of the boiler feedtank, where boiler feedwater and make-up water are stored and into which condensate is returned, is often underestimated. Most items of plant in the boiler house are duplicated, but it is rare to have two feedtanks and this crucial item is often the last to be considered in the design…
Feedwater specialises in legionella risk assessments and the provision of services to prevent Legionnaires’ disease and help you comply with ACOP L8. Unlike many other ACOP L8 legionella risk assessment providers, we believe that a risk assessment report should be simple and to the point. There is no value in an unnecessarily long and wordy document, so…
Feedwater Ltd manufacture and service water softeners throughout the UK Softeners have two main modes, or cycles, of operation: service and regeneration. During the service cycle, the softener exchanges ‘hard’ cations for sodium, causing progressive depletion of exchangeable sodium to the point of exhaustion. The softener is then ‘regenerated’ by saturating the resin bed with…
If you are experiencing carryover issues also known as ‘Priming’ then we would advise you to speak to us for a free onsite consultation, our experts can perform a full water analysis report of your boiler, hotwell and make up water and discuss with you the best way to achieve efficient boiler water treatment and care, however in the mean time we can provide a chemical stopgap for reducing the risk of carryover.
It is important for industrial sites which use a lot of water to consider a comprehensive Legionella control regime by seeking a Legionella control company with training services, to allow competent onsite risk assessments and procedures to be put in place to control the growth of Legionella in water systems. Of course taking the matter…
MANSLAUGHTER charges may be brought against a company after three men died in an outbreak died of legionnaire’ disease in Stoke-on-Trent. Richard Griffin, of Westbury Park, 79-year-old William Hammersley, of Chesterton and Harry Cadman, aged 71, of Stoke-on-Trent, all died after being struck down with the disease which was linked to Fenton discount warehouse JTF.…
The pool and spa at Corby’ Holiday Inn have been closed for an investigation into cases of legionnaires’ disease. Public Health England is working with Corby Council to investigate the two cases and environmental health officers are advising the hotel on what action it must take before its facilities can re-open. Legionnaires’ disease is caused…
Inefficient heat transfer is often the cause for loss of capacity and unscheduled outage. As mentioned in a previous article, surfaces through which heat passes are called heat transfer surfaces. One example of this is cooling water tube bundles, which take heat from process liquids, hot water or steam. The points at which the heat…
We have just issued a new web page devoted to hotel water treatment, this provides useful location for hoteliers or more likely their engineering / estates manager can view all Feedwater’s services that have relevance to the hotel industry. Out services help keep hotels running within the law adhering to ACoP L8 HSE guidelines in…
Almost all industrial operations use water in some phase of the manufacturing process. The most common process water applications are for heating and cooling operations. In fact, about 70% of all fresh water used by industry today is for non-contact cooling purposes. Chemical plants, petroleum refineries, metal producing plants, textile mills, paper mills, food, rubber, and practically all…