Economical Savings for your Boiling System
Kurita’s comprehensive Cetamine® Technology provides excellent protection against corrosion in boiler systems. Composed of film-forming substances, Cetamine creates a hydrophobic protective film acting as a barrier between water and metal, effectively inhibiting corrosion and scaling.
As an all-organic treatment program, Cetamine® allows optimized blow-down rates with higher cycles of concentration leading to significant lower fresh make-up water consumption, savings in energy and reduction of CO2 emission
Applications
- Low To High Pressure Systems
- High Pressure (Turbines)
- Food Industry (Direct Food Contact)
- Alkaline Boiling-Out
- Wet And Dry Preservation
Cetamine® Technology Features and Benefits
Protection
- Exceptional protection against corrosion & scaling throughout whole water/steam system
- Long term protection during discontinuous operation and system shut-down
Efficiency
- Clean system surfaces
- Better heat transfer & boiler efficiency
- Higher cycles of concentration
Savings
- Reduced water & energy consumption
- Economical savings
Flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC) mitigation
• Single phase FAC
• Two phase FAC
Easy Handling And Control
- 1 product instead of 3
- Flow-meter controlled dosing proportional to make-up water
- Online monitoring & dose rate control
Environment Impact
- Reduced blow-down and water discharge
- Reduced CO2 emission
Food Safety
- Complies with international food regulations
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Predicted Savings with Cetamine in your Boiler System.
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Cetamine® FB Technology - Next Generation Boiler Water Treatment in Food & Beverage Industry
Water is a key resource in the food & beverage industry.
In this sensitive industry high steam purity is essential to assure the required product quality. Safe and efficient boiler operation is another basic requirement to assure long term protection against corrosion to avoid system failures.
Cetamine® FB Technology can be safely applied in boiler systems where the generated steam has either direct or indirect contact to food.
Customer Review
1) Ideal distribution of active components in the whole network resulting in optimal alkalization.
2) Excellent protection against corrosion.
3) Economical savings in terms of lower product consumption.
4) Full technical support for the treatment concept implementation.
5) Implementation of a non-toxic treatment program free of cyclohexylamine CPCU is entirely satisfied with Kurita’s Cetamine Technology and recommends its usage for boiler networks.
1) Important water & energy savings have been realized due to blow-down reduction
2) Steam quality has greatly improved
3) Inspections have shown TLEs and drums effectively protected against corrosion by a thin, uniform, adherent magnetite layer
4)Turbines are exceptionally clean and free of corrosion
5) KURITA provides a reliable Cetamine® Analytical Method to monitor the Cetamine® residual
1) Prevented gasket leaks,:
2) Our bluff amount decreased,:
3) Make up amount decreased 15%,:
4) Boiler limit values kept at standard values,:
5) The reduction of corrosion-related problems in steam lines,:
6) A 15% decrease in iron values in the boiler compared to the previous year. We would like to thank this product produced by Kurita company for the contributions it has made and will make to our company.
1) Reduction of the continuous blow-down water by up to 50%
2) Reduction of the contents of iron in the boiler water by up to 85%
3) Significant feed water quality improvement
4) Optimization of pH control in the complete steam-water pipeline system.
1) Heat Recovery Steam Generators and steam turbine internal surfaces are clean and free of corrosion.
2) Cetamine Technology has enabled the protection of components throughout the water steam cycle, including areas that could not be preserved by conventional preservation methods.
3) Reduced manpower is required for boiler and turbine preservation compared to our previous practice.
4) A reliable photometric method was provided by Kurita to monitor the residual concentration of Cetamine in water and steam samples.
1) Reduction in steam drum water conductivity.
2) Reduction in boiler blowdown.
3) Reduction in iron levels in boiler blowdown and closed cooling system.
4) Reduction in man power requirement.
5) Reduction in chemical inventory.
6) Reduction in overall treatment cost.
Benefits provided:
1) Only 1 product instead of 3 to treat the boilers and steam and condensate system,
2) Clean system surfaces with better heat transfer & boiler efficiency,
3) AII volatile treatment concept leading to significant lower blow-down,
4) Savings in water & energy,
5) Reduction of total iron leading to better protection of the boilers especially during shut-down periods,
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Case Studies
Cetamine® Technology Achieves 20,000€ Annual Savings Efficiency Improvement
Comparison Between Conventional Treatment And Cetamine®
Paper Mill Reduces Blow Down And Conductivity With Cetamine
GCC Refinery Successfully Protects Boiler During Upset In Feed Water Pretreatment
Cetamine® - FAQ
Cetamine®‘s volatile film-forming molecules adsorb onto metal/oxide surfaces across the boiler, steam and condensate circuits, creating a hydrophobic barrier that mitigates corrosion and scaling while maintaining conventional chemicals.
Operators typically see cleaner heat-transfer surfaces (online cleaning of loosely bound oxides/scale), higher cycles of concentration because organic actives do not raise conductivity like inorganic salts, and resulting savings in makeup water, fuel, and CO2 due to reduced blowdown.
Cetamine® actives are organic and have negligible impact on boiler-water conductivity, allowing operation at higher cycles before reaching conductivity limits; this reduces blowdown, lowers makeup requirements, and cuts the energy needed to heat replacement water.
Does Cetamine® continuously, preferably in the feedwater line (or condensate return when appropriate), with dosing proportional to makeup-water flow; Kurita offers flow-meter-controlled dosing and online monitoring of active components with automatic control options.
Yes. Cetamine® provides protection during overnight/weekend outages, planned turnarounds, and long-term shutdowns; systems can be preserved wet (filled) or dry (drained) while maintaining the hydrophobic protective film on oxide/metal surfaces.
By stabilizing pH and passivating surfaces with a hydrophobic film, Cetamine® reduces total iron in condensate and enables higher condensate-return ratios – improving water/energy balance and reducing disposal of poor-quality condensate.
A featured case achieved ∼66% blowdown reduction, ∼16,000 m3/year water savings, ∼2.5 GWh/year energy savings, ∼750 t/year CO2 reduction, and ∼€280k/year savings, illustrating the magnitude possible when moving from inorganic to Cetamine® programs.
Cetamine® applies across small, medium, and large boilers in most industries (laundry, food, chemical, refining, power, etc.). Fuel type does not affect applicability; the program is in service on thousands of boilers globally, including gas – and oil-fired units.
Cetamine®’s surface-active molecules help detach loosely bound oxides and scale during normal operation (online cleaning), while leaving a homogeneous protective oxide layer in place; complete removal of a protective oxides is neither expected nor desired.
Kurita supplies Cetamine® variants suitable for food-contact steam with supporting certifications; direct-contact use is broadly possible in F&B applications, with **milk industry** as a noted exclusion for direct contact per webinar guidance.
Yes – Cetamine® can be retrofitted on long-running boilers or specified for new units. Recommended steps: baseline KPIs (condensate pH/iron, blowdown, makeup, fuel), switch to Cetamine® with proportional dosing, and verify improvements via routine monitoring and inspection.
Use Kurita’s online calculator: enter boiler pressure, steam production, makeup rate, condensate return, and unit costs for fuel and makeup water; model savings with a conservative 50% blowdown-reduction assumption to estimate water, energy, CO2 and € impact.
Kurita offers single-component film-forming technologies for high-pressure/turbine service; based on application experience and studies presented, formation of low-molecular-weight organic acids is very low, and programs are safely applied in HP systems – contact Kurita for case specifics.
The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) has issued two guidelines for film‑forming substances—one for power and one for industrial boilers; Kurita contributed operational and scientific input referenced in the webinar.
