HVAC boilers rely on proper water treatment to maintain their operational efficiency and safe performance. When your boiler system works at peak condition, it can lower chemical and energy usage, reduce costs and improve operation in industrial settings.
At Chardon Laboratories, we offer a variety of boiler equipment to provide a chemical treatment program that works properly for your boiler. From contact headwater meters to conductivity controllers, our equipment gives detailed insight into water and chemical usage, helping prevent potential problems. Learn about our water treatment for HVAC boilers tailored for your operations.
Commercial boilers rely on natural gas or oil to heat water that transforms into steam. A boiler system consists of various components, including burners, heat exchangers, combustion chambers and controls.
Here are some prevalent issues affecting boilers, both warranting treatment chemicals and equipment:
Scale is a mineral deposit that settles on boiler walls and pipes. When minerals naturally present in the water — like iron, calcium and silica — precipitate out of the water, they attach to the boiler’s heat transfer surfaces. Scale can slough off the sides and disrupt water flow in the tubes, which can lead to warping, overheating and rupturing.
Corrosion results from a reaction between the boiler’s metal and chemicals in the surrounding water or air. It can also come from acidic water or scale that traps harmful sodium against the metal. Corrosion will gradually create holes in the metal and eat away at the inner mechanisms, causing leaks and other issues. There are two main types of corrosion:
When there’s a high concentration of solids in the steam boiler, foaming can occur, which can affect boiler efficiency. Persistent formation of bubbles reduces the equipment’s life span while increasing maintenance costs.
Priming occurs when large amounts of water droplets are carried along with the steam during heating. This wet steam formation impacts steam boiler efficiency and overall life span.
Maintaining high water quality is crucial for HVAC systems. Keep water clean at all times for:
Different industries call for specific water treatment requirements. At Chardon Labs, we offer boiler water treatment tailored to your industry needs:
From scale to corrosion, different water boiler issues impact efficiency, raise operating costs and reduce boiler life span. Our high-quality equipment helps ensure accurate chemical treatment services, preventing and controlling unwanted issues like corrosion and scaling. We use various boiler water treatment products to distribute precipitated crystals. This process prevents materials from settling and forming corrosion-causing insulating deposits.
You can learn about some of the equipment we provide below:
Whatever kind of equipment you need, we can help you find it. We carry a wide selection of equipment so you can perfectly tailor your approach to achieve as much efficiency as possible.
Our arsenal of treatment chemicals and equipment helps us provide the best service to our customers. Here are two examples of how we’ll use those tools to clean your boiler.
To prevent the metal from oxidizing, we use sodium sulfite as an oxygen scavenger — a chemical that helps reduce or eliminate the oxygen levels in your feedwater. We also add various other water treatment products as needed to disperse particulates and precipitated crystals.
These chemicals prevent dissolved minerals from settling and forming corrosive deposits, which protects your boiler against pitting and thermal stress.
Part of our water treatment service includes a chemical treatment. We apply chemical solutions that react with and consume scale-forming minerals, which prevents them from concentrating into deposits.
Depending on your geographical location, we may also use water softeners — these chemicals remove calcium, magnesium and iron ions from water to prevent scale from developing.
We also incorporate blowdown into our treatment strategy, which involves deliberately draining feedwater flow at regular intervals to limit the concentration of scale-causing minerals. We then replace the blown-down water with lower-concentration water to keep the system running as needed.
Here at Chardon Labs, we want you to have everything you need to keep your boiler working as efficiently as possible. Whether you know exactly what your system needs or could use a little help figuring it out, our experts in boiler treatment are ready to assist.
As one of the top boiler water treatment companies in the country, we’ve been providing high-quality, cost-effective solutions for years with the help of our ISO-certified service technicians and processes. If your boiler is experiencing scale, sludge, corrosion or reduced efficiency, your water needs the right equipment and chemicals. We’ll help you identify the source of the problem and find the right boiler treatment solution.
To learn more about our comprehensive treatment programs and what they can do for you, reach out to us today for a free survey. Chardon Laboratories, we know how critical effective heating is for productivity, and we understand that every facility is different. When you work with us, we help you design a water treatment system tailored to your facility’s specific needs — whether you’re operating a brewery, a hospital or a cannery, you’ll get the most out of your industrial boiler.
You can count on our ISO-certified technicians to provide top-quality service and help you keep your costs low.
