Silica is volatile at boiler operating pressure and temperature, so it travels with the steam instead of staying behind the way hardness does. As steam expands through the turbine and pressure drops, silica solubility drops with it and deposits directly onto the blades, reducing efficiency and introducing vibration risk.

RO and EDI typically achieve 95 to 99% rejection of dissolved ionic species, but neither is designed to hold the low-ppb-level silica and conductivity targets a high-pressure HRSG needs when source water chemistry shifts. Mixed bed DI polishing is the final stage that closes that margin.

CWT engineers polishing and treatment systems to ASME boiler and feedwater quality guidance and EPRI's Cycle Chemistry Guidelines for Combined Cycle/HRSGs, the reference frameworks power plant engineers use to set their own internal chemistry specs.

Standard specific conductivity in HRSG feedwater is influenced by the amines and ammonia used for pH control, which can mask true ionic contamination. Cation conductivity, also called CACE, strips that interference out by passing the sample through a cation exchange column first, making it the diagnostic EPRI guidelines rely on to detect condenser in-leakage and contamination events.

Yes. CWT carries a rental fleet for interim capacity, including mixed bed DI units, so a plant never has a coverage gap during a new installation, capacity expansion, or equipment replacement.

CWT provides full engineering scope, including FEED, process design, P&IDs, and equipment sizing, in addition to standard installation and maintenance of RO, DI, and NF systems.

CWT works with combined cycle natural gas plants, biomass facilities, municipal solid waste-to-energy plants, and cogeneration or industrial steam hosts across Florida and the Southeast.