BS 1170 – Recommendations for treatment of water for marine boilers
Covers sources of water and limiting impurities for various groups of boilers, pre-commission cleaning, objectives of water treatment, treatment of water before the boiler and in the boiler, preservation of idle boilers. Appendices give explanation of terms, chemicals used in marine boiler water treatment, methods of testing and list of reagents. Tables on boiler water characteristics for the six pressure ranges into which the boilers are divided.
