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BOILER BOOSTER PUMP 1

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Altoca

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May 7, 2003
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We need your advice for the recommended pump casing cover and casing filler material for a Hitachi >Booster pump DV-CH, Feed water temp.: 191,5ºC; Spec garvity of feed water: 0,874; Nº of stages: 1. The existing material is Steel castings and the inspection show severe erosion on the casing and casing cover areas.
 
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Cast steel should be fine for this application. It sounds like more of a chemistry problem or hydraulic problem. How's the oxygen content in the system? Is this occuring in the suction or discharge or both sections of the pump?
 
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