Apparatus and method for determining steam purity

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE PURITY OF WATER, STEAM AND CONDENSATE LIKELY TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH DISSOLVED AMMONIA AND ITS DERIVATIVES, WHICH COMPRISES AN ELONGATED CASING HAVING A PARTITION DIVIDING THE SAME INTO UPPER AND LOWER COMPARTMENTS, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING STEAM INTO THE UPPER COMPARTMENT AND DISCHARGING A JET THEREOF UPWARDLY, A BAFFLE AGAINST WHICH SUCH DISCHARGED JET OF STEAM CAN IMPINGE, COOLING COILS FOR CONDENSING STEAM IN SAID UPPER COMPARTMENT FOR COLLECTING OF THE CONDENSATE ON SAID PARTITION, A BED OF ION EXCHANGE MATERIAL IN SAID LOWER COMPARTMENT, MEANS FOR CONDUCTING CONDENSATE FROM SAID UPPER COMPARTMENT TO SAID LOWER COMPARTMENT FOR PASSAGE THROUGH SAID BED, MEANS BETWEEN SAID BED AND SAID PARTITION FOR HEATING THE EFFLUENT FROM SAID BED TO SUBSTANTIALLY ITS BOILING POINT MEANS FOR VENTING NON-CONDENSABLE GASES ELIMINATED DURING SUCH HEATING, AND MEANS FOR DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE SO TREATED CONDENSATE DEPENDENT UPON THE IONIZATION OF SAID CONDENSATE.