Demin water supply through the stainless steel pipe

In my plant we are using stainless steel pipe(Oxygen line) for temporary Demin water supply. My question is :

1) Do I have to do the Chemical cleaning for the stainless steel pipe line?

M Alif Yusri M Yusof
Chemical Engineer - Labuan, Malaysia
October 29, 2009

Please response as soon as possible

M Alif Yusri B M Yusof
Petrochemical Plant - Malaysia
October 31, 2009

In general, stainless steel used with DI water is 316 alloy that has been electropolished.

As long as your requirements are for water with < 1 Meg-Ohm-cm resistivity, either 304 or 316 alloy should work without special cleaning or treatment, unless disinfection is needed.

Lyle Kirman
consultant - Cleveland Heights, Ohio
November 4, 2009

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