COOLING WATER TREATMENT
A cooling tower water treatment system is an arrangement of technologies that remove damaging impurities from the cooling tower feed water, circulation water, and/or blow down.
Cooling tower water treatment system typically control
A cooling tower water treatment system might be made up of the technologies necessary to regulate the level of:
· Alkalinity; dictates the potential of calcium carbonate scale
· Chlorides; can be corrosive to metals, and different levels will be tolerated based on materials of the cooling tower and equipment
· Hardness; contributes to scale in the cooling tower and heat exchangers
· Iron; when combined with phosphate, iron can foul equipment
· Organic matter; promotes microorganism growth, which can lead to fouling, corrosion, and other system issues
· Silica; known for causing hard scale deposits
· Sulfates; like chlorides, sulfates can be extremely corrosive to metals
· Total dissolved solids (TDS); contribute to scaling, foaming, and/or corrosion
· Total suspended solids (TSS); un dissolved contaminants that can cause scaling, biofilms, and/or corrosion.