Analysis of water samples saved during the campaign 1939-40 and during the intercampaign of 1940 for Great Western Sugar Company Mitchell factory

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THE GREl!.T

WESTERl'l"

SUGAR

COt'fPAi'iY

M

itchell

Factory

Analysis of

Water

Samples Saved During the Campaign 1939-40

and

During the Intercampaign of 1940.

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Chemist

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Superintendent

Asst.

Gen

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Supt.

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Kind

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te

Centrifugal

~lash

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5

:Boiler

Feed

...

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Water

in

Boilers

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7

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ITCHELL _

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y 15

19:/

1940

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Deep

\,iell

Description of Sample:

Average

Sample for the Campaign

,

sampled from the cold water in laboratory

.

Source of Water:

A

deep well located

N

orth of the factory

.

ANALYSIS Silica SiO. Iron Fe Calcium Ca Magnesium Mg Sodium Na Chiorine Cl

Sulphuric Acid

so.

Carbonic Acid

co

.

Organic and Volatile (by difference)

TOTAL SOLIDS

COPIES TO General Supt. General Chemist Asst. General Supt. District Engineer Superintendent Laboratory Parts Per 100,000

7 .

75 .

17

6 .

92

2 .

04

4 .

39

1 .

58

10 .

70

13 .

28

46 .

83 .

07

46 .

90

HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATIONS Silica Sodium Chloride Sodium Sulphate SiO, NaCl Na,SO,

Sodium Carbonate Na,COa

Magnesium Chloride MgCI.

Magnesium Sulphate MgSO, Magnesium Carbonate MgCOa Calcium Chloride Calcium Sulphate Calcium Carbonate Ferrous Carbonate CaCl, CaSO, CaCOa FeCOa

Organic and Volatile (by difference) TOTAL SOLIDS Parts Per 100,000

7 .7

5

2 .

60

10 .

41

4.59

3 .

85

17 .

28 .

35

46 .

83 .

07

46 .

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Kind of Water:

1 .!.A.IN JATER

Slf.2l?LY

Average

sample for the campaign

,

sampled from

main

water supply tank

.

Source of Water:

Seepage and

r

un-off waters taken from Dry

Spotted

Tail drain ditch about

one

mile West

and

lforth

of factory

.

ANALYSIS Silica SiO, Iron Fe Calcium Ca Magnesium Mg Sodium Na Chlorine Cl Sulphuric Acid

so

,

Carbonic Acid

co

.

Organic and Volatile (by difference) TOTAL SOLIDS COPIES TO

General Supt. General Chemist Asst. General Supt. District Engineer Superintendent Laboratory Parts Per 100,000

6 .

59 .13

3 .

69

1 .

67

5 .

45

1.60

11 .

65

8 .

26

39 .

04 .

01

39 .

05 -

2

-HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATIONS Silica Sodium Chloride Sodium Sulphate SiO, NaCl Na,SO,

Sodium Carbonate Na,CO,

Magnesium Chloride MgCl.

Magnesium Sulphate MgSO,

Magnesium Carbonate MgCOa

Calcium Chloride Calcium Sulphate Calcium Carbonate Ferrous Carbonate CaCl, CaSO.

c

a

c

o

.

FeCOa

Organic and Volatile (by difference) TOTAL SOLIDS

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Parts Per 100,000

6 .

59

2 .

64

13 .

62

3 .

06

3 .

64

9 .

22 .

27

39 .

04 .

01

39 .

05

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MITCHELL

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Factory

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May

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Kind of Water:

_BAT'l

1

_ERY

_SUPPLY

Average

sample for the campaign

,

sampled daily from the battery

supply

water

te..nk:

.

Source of Water:

Overflow from press wash water tank made up to required volume by

wate

r

from seal

tank of evaporator leg pipe

.

Raw water is added

when

needed to

lower the tempe

r

ature of battery supply water

.

ANALYSIS Silica Si02 Iron Fe Calcium Ca Magnesium Mg Sodium Na Chlorine Cl

Sulphuric Acid

so,

Carbonic Acid

co.

General Supt. General Chemist Asst. General Supt. District Engineer Superintendent Laboratory Parts Per 100,000

4 .

88 .

11

4 .

59

1 .

12

3 .

86

1 .

60

8 .

09

8 .

37

32 .

62 .7

4

33 .

36

HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATIONS Silica Sodium Chloride Sodium Sulphate Si02 NaCl Na.SO, Sodium Carbonate Na.CO, Magnesium Chloride MgCl2 Magnesium Sulphate MgSO, Magnesium Carbonate MgCOa

Calcium Chloride Calcium Sulphate Calcium Carbonate Ferrous Carbonate CaC12 CaSO, CaCOa FeCOa

Organic and Volatile (by difference) TOTAL SOLIDS Parts Per 100,000

4 .

88

2 .

64

8 .

71

2 .

76

1 .

94

11 .

46 .

23

32 .

62 .7

4

33 .

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Kind of Water: PRESS WASH

Average sam

p

le for the campaign

,

sampled from press wash water tank.

Source of Water:

Overflow from Boiler Peed

tank,

drips from battery heaters

,

a.11 juice heaters

and from steam coils in 2nd Sat

.

tanks and blow

-

up

tanks

when coils

in

tanks

are used for heating

,

drips from 1st Effect of evaporators

.

Silica Iron Calcium Magnesium Sodium Chlorine Sulphuric Acid Carbonic Acid SiO, Fe Ca Mg Na Cl

so,

co.

ANALYSIS Parts Per 100,000

.

36 .12

.13

.

07 .

28 .

38 .13

.

44 (

1;

~

in Dry Sub

.,

P•P•

100 ,

000

• .04)

,(Fr_~e NH3

in Orig.

W

ater

,

p

•P•

million

-

4]P

l

(

Total

IIB3 "

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t1 tr

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44 ~,

,

1 .

91 .

•

49

2 .

40

-4-HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATIONS Silica Sodium Chloride Sodium Sulphate SiO, NaCl Na,SO, Sodium Carbonate Na,COa Magnesium Chloride MgCl2 Magnesium Sulphate MgSO, Magnesium Carbonate MgCOa Calcium Chloride Calcium Sulphate Calcium Carbonate Ferrous Carbonate CaCl, CaSO. CaCOa FeCO.

I

Parts Per 100,000

.

36 .

63 .09

.09

.17

.

32 .

25

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ANALYSIS

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Kind of Water:

· ,fr

lITE C

BN

T

RI1i

'UG

A

L

1/

ASH

Average sample for the campai

g

n

,

sampled

f

rom centrifugal

w

ash

water pump

.

Source of Water:

Drips from 3rd effect of evaporators

,

any deficiency being supplied from

boiler feed

.

ANALYSIS HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATIONS

Parts Per 100~ Parts Per 100,000

Silica SiO, Iron Fe Calcium Ca Magnesium Mg Sodium Na Chlorine Cl

Sulphuric Acid

so.

Carbonic Acid

co

.

.53

.

10 .

07 .

20 .

43 .

18 .

2

1

1 .

82 .

3

0

2 .

12

Silica Sodium Chloride Sodium Sulphate Sodium Carbonate SiO, NaCl Na,SO, Na,COa Magnesium Chloride MgCl,

Magnesium Sulphate MgSO. Magnesium Carbonate MgCOa

Calcium Chloride CaCl,

Calcium Sulphate Calcium Carbonate Ferrous Carbonate CaSO, CaCOa FeCOa

.

53 .

51 .16

.

15 .09

.

17 .

21

1 .

82 .

30

2 .

12

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May 15

'

40

Kind of Water: Description of Sample: Source of Water: Silica Si02 Iron Fe Calcium Ca Magnesium Mg Sodium Na Chlorine Cl

Sulphuric Acid

so.

Carbonic Acid

co.

Ammonia

liffi4

BOILER FEED

Average

sample

for the

campaign,

sampled daily from boiler feed

wate

r

tank.

Drips

coils

of white pan

,

calandrias of raw pans

,

steam chests

of

2nd

,

3rd

,

4th

&

5th

effects

of

evaporators and drips from steam traps

on

main

steam lines

,

granulator radiators and

radiators

of the heating

system.

ANALYSIS Parts Per 100,000

.

55 .16

.

26 .10

.

30 .

58 .52

.

30 .oe

HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATIONS Silica Si02

Ammonium Chloride NH4Cl

Sodium Chloride NaCl Sodium Sulphate Na.SO, Sodium Carbonate Na.CO. Magnesium Chloride MgCl2 Magnesium Sulphate MgSO, Magnesium Carbonate MgCO. Calcium Chloride CaC12

Parts Per 100,000

.56

.

24 .6

9 .09

.

49 (

F

ree

NH3

in Orig water

,

P•P•

million

20)

32)

Calcium Sulphate Calcium Carbonate Ferrous Carbonate CaSO,

caco.

FeCO.

.24

.22

.

33 (To'eal"

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CA'J'{PAIGN .AVERAGES

Total Solids

Hardness

A

lkalinity

2 .

85

1.04

3 .

89

4.2 / /

··+ ,c....···~···'····C-.L~···· (,

-

6-2

.

86

1 .

04

3 .

89

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Kind of Water: 1

ATER

IN BOILERS

Ave

r

age

Sample fo

r t

he

c

ampaign

.

Al

l

bo

il

er

s i

n

s

erv

ic

e we

re s

ampled

da

i

ly fr

o

m _the water columns

o

Source of Water:

_a

_t

_e

_{r actual}

_l

_{y i}

_{n bo}

_il

_e

_rs.

At

t

he

s

tart

o

f

c

ampaign boilers

we

r

e

I11led

witn

a.eep well water

so1

· tened in Z.eoli

te

softener

.

ANALYSIS Parts Per 102:,_000 Silica Si02

5 .

0

1

Iron Fe

.

22

Calcium Ca

.

42

Magnesium Mg r

,

18

Sodium Na

51 .

20

Chlorine Cl

2 .

48

Sulphuric Acid

so

.

40 .

11

Carbonic Acid

co

.

38 .

86 Ammonia

NH4

.04

.Phosphate.

P04

2 .

20 {Free

NH3

in orig

.

water

,

p

.

p

.

million

-

4)

{Total"

_"

fl

"

6 }

140 ,

80

7 .

11

TOTAL SOLIDS

147

•

91

COPIES TO

CHil.ICALS

ADDED TO BOILERS

Soda A.sh

Tri-Sod

.

Phosphate

Salt to Softener

HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATIONS Silica SiO.

Ammonium Chloride NH4Cl

Sodium Chloride NaCl Sodium Sulphate Na.SO,

Sodium Ci!!bonate

t

Na.CO.

Sodium ~nospha

e Na3P04

Magnesium Chloride MgCl2

Magnesium Sulphate MgSO, Magnesium Carbonate MgCOa

Calcium Chloride Calcium Sulphate Calcium Carbonate Ferrous Carbonate CaCI, CaSO.

c

aco

.

FeCO,

LBS

.

PER

DAY

TOTAL SOLIDS

CAr,.'..PAIGN AVERAGES

Parts Per 100,000

5 .

01 .

12 3,96

59.31

66.33 3o94

062

1 .

05 .46

140 .

80

7 ,

11 147, 91

LBS

600

250 12,5

5 .

2 o

.

o

Total Solids

156 lkalinity

,

005

0

Hardness

0 .

4 P04

,

P

• P•

!Jlillion

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Kind of Water:

BOILER FBED

-

I

NTER

CA

MPAIGN

Sampled weekly

from

boiler feed pump during the period Dec

.

1 to

lJ.a.y

1 ,

1940

.

Source of Water:

Condensate from exhaust steam

in

battery heaters and radiators of the

heating

system

made

up

to required volume

with water from

deep

well

softened

in

~eolite

water

softener

.

ANALYSIS Silica SiO, Iron Fe Calcium Ca Magnesium Mg Sodium Na Chlorine Cl

Sulphuric Acid

so.

Carbonic Acid

co

.

Period

Alkalinity

Hardness

Total

Solids

Parts Per lOOJ!Q!!

2 .

19 .1

3 .

64 .

25

3 .

06

1 .

09

3 .

09

2 .

86

13 .

31 .

74

14 .

05 Averages

.0000

1 .

3

14 .

05 -

8

-HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATIONS Silica Sodium Chloride Sodium Sulphate Sodium Carbonate Si02 NaCl Na.SO, Na.COa Magnesium Chloride MgCl2 Magnesium Sulphate MgSO, Magnesium Carbonate MgCOa Calcium Chloride Calcium Sulphate Calcium Carbonate Ferrous Carbonate CaCl2 CaSO, CaCOa FeCOa

Organic and Volatile (by difference) TOTAL SOLIDS - - ~ Parts Per 100,000

2 .

19

1 .

80

4 .

57

2 .

01 .

87

1 .

60 .

27

13 .

:31

.

74

14 .

05

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Factory

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Kind of Water:

_{WATER IN SHOP BOILER}

_-

_{INTERCAMPAIGN}

_Aver

_{age sa..~ple fo}

_r

_{the intercampaign period Dec 1 to May 1}

_{, 1940}

_,

_sampled

weekly from the water column of the boile

r,

filtered and composited

.

Source of Water:

~ater

actually in boiler.

ANALYSIS Parts Per 100,000 Silica SiO.

₃₁

_.1

₈

Iron Fe

.

16

Calcium Ca

.

46

Magnesium Mg

.

13

Sodium Na

108 .

05

Chlorine Cl

11 .

81

Sulphuric Acid

so.

55 .

75

Carbonic Acid

co.

90 .

10 Phosphate

P04

7 .

64

305 .

28

16 .

83

322 .

11.

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Chemicals Used

Socia

~sh

Caustic Soda

l11ono-

S0d.

1-'hosphate

Tri-

Sod

.

Phosphate

clalt to Softener

HYPOTHETICAL COMBINATIONS Silica Sodium Chloride Sodium Sulphate SiO, NaCl Na,SO, Sodil}m Ciu.:bonat~

t

Na,COa

Sodium !'ho spna e Na3P04

Magnesium Chloride MgCl, Magnesium Sulphate MgSO, Magnesium Carbonate MgCOa Calcium Chloride Calcium Sulphate Calcium Carbonate Ferrous Carbonate CaCb CaSO,