Abstract
This paper describes a degasifying steam condenser which will furnish a continuous sample of either steam or condensate which is free from dissolved gases but which contains the dissolved solids which were present in the original sample. Seven of these condensers have been built and installed in different power plants varying in pressure from 150 to 1250 psi. They have reduced the carbon dioxide from 20 ppm and the ammonia from 3.5 ppm to as low as 0.01 ppm for both gases. The unit is automatic requiring practically no attention once it is installed. The sample of degasified steam or condensate may be passed through a conventional conductivity cell and a continuous record kept if desirable. Data collected from the various plants are given as well as data collected in laboratory tests.
