6. Choice of treatment

6.1 Selection criteria

The choice of the optimum treatment depends, in decreasing order of importance, on :

• the history of operating incidents in the steam production unit;

• feed water quality: softened or osmosis water;

• food water temperature ;

• the use, food or other, of the steam produced;

• existing equipment ;

• condensate return rate and quality: air intake, if any?

• the concentration of carbon dioxide in the steam.