


Chemical investigations
We offer services and consulting
Our dedicated team offers a wide range of services, consulting and planning services for all water chemistry issues. In addition to make-up water treatment, we deal with water-steam cycle as well as cooling water cycle. Apart from chemical-physical measurements on site, we also examine ion exchange resins in our laboratory. We are also ready to accompany your standard measurements during operation, which you carry out in accordance with your operating manual.
We dispose of a wide range of modern measuring methods:
- Mobile laboratory
- Oxygen, sodium, hydrogen measuring instruments
- Measurement of degassed acid conductivity
- Organic-X monitor
- Silicometre
- Ion chromatograph
With the help of this equipment, we can also carry out failure analyses in addition to regular checks on the regular operation of water treatment, water-steam cycle and district heating water.

Chemical investigations
Services at a glance
- Water-chemical diagnostics of water-steam cycles
- Inspection of installed measurement technology
- Consultancy on water chemistry problems
- Investigation of ion exchange resins from water treatment plants
- Acceptance tests on new water treatment plants according to VGB Instruction Sheet M-407 G
- Checking the performance of deaerators in water-steam cycles and optimising the amount of deaeration
- Checking of power plant units with regard to conversion from alkaline operation to combined cycle operation
- Examination of water-steam cycles for corrosion processes, if necessary initiation of optimisation measures
- Consultancy and monitoring during pickling or chemical cleaning
- Examination of pipe and tube samples to determine the amount of scaling and cleaning procedure
- Checking the formation of protective layers
- Carrying out measurements during operation using ion chromatography
Advanced training
Experts
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Success with advanced training
Advanced training & workshops
The seminars “Water Treatment” and “Chemistry in the Water-steam Cycle” are offered at regular intervals. When participating in the seminars, you can benefit from the many years of experience of VGB´s “Water Chemistry” team. The face-to-face events are supplemented by a new online-live variant. Here we teach the basics of water chemistry for power plant operators. As with our face-to-face events, the online event will also give you ample opportunity to ask your questions and discuss them with our lecturers. You will find the latest information on the vgbe website under “Events” or in the vgbe Newsletter.