TOC Monitoring In Process Return Condensate

Industrial power plants or co-generation power plants utilize steam for industrial purposes other than power production.
Part of the steam is extracted from the water steam cycle and used for specific manufacturing processes. Examples of such industrial steam usage are refining, pulp and paper production, brewing, district heating, sugar and rubber production and countless more. After the steam is used it will return to the water steam cycle as a return condensate.
This is identified as the critical point. If a potentially contaminated condensate from external use is re-fed into the "clean" cycle this can cause critical chemistry issues and damages at major generation components.

Since the steam generation plant and the industrial plant are typically managed separately and are controlled areas, the return condensate defines the transfer point where either party must ensure that values are meeting requirements.