Biocide In Your Cooling Tower
Why Do I Need Biocide In My Cooling Tower? Cooling water provides an ideal environment for biological growth, including Legionella. Because Legionella bacteria can be a health hazard, treating your cooling water properly with the most effective biocide (bacterial disinfectant) is an extremely important task. What Types of Biocide Work Best? There are two […]
Read MoreDo I Need A Bag Filter?
What Does A Bag Filter Do? A Bag Filter removes iron and other particulate matter from closed loop system water. Chardon supplies a model called the Filter Feeder which serves as both a 5-micron filter and a shot feeder. This one convenient apparatus allows water treatment products to be easily added to the system while […]
Read MoreHow To Keep Injection Molds Clean
Why Is It Important To Clean And Lay Up My Mold Tools? Water is used to cool and remove heat from the liquid plastic once it fills the mold. Cooling water flows through holes and channels drilled and cut in the mold tool. These ports in the mold tool are engineered to optimize the flow […]
Read MoreWhy Are Bacteria Harmful To Cooling Towers
Why Is It Important To Lay Up My Cooling Tower? If left to grow unchecked, the bacteria that live in your cooling tower will colonize pipes and other wetted surfaces. Over time these colonies will grow into thick biofilms that reduce heat transfer, prevent corrosion inhibition strategies, and even cause corrosion themselves. Cooling tower water […]
Read MoreWhat Are Adiabatic Cooling Towers?
What Does Adiabatic Mean? The term “adiabatic” means “occurring without gain or loss of heat,” but applying this definition to common industry terms requires distinguishing between heat and temperature. When a gas is compressed under adiabatic conditions, its pressure increases and its temperature rises without the gain or loss of any heat. Conversely, when a […]
Read MoreHow Do Cooling Towers Work?
What Does A Cooling Tower Do? Cooling towers are designed to take heat from one area and reject it to another. The cooling process that takes place within the towers is based on the principle of thermodynamics where heat will flow from hot to cold. Cooling towers are designed to increase the surface area of […]
Read MoreHow Do Steam Boilers Work?
What Does A Boiler Do? A steam boiler is a type of heat exchange system where water is heated to its’ boiling point via combustion of a fuel blown through a tube submerged in water. The heat produced in this system is then rejected into the system as steam. This steam flows through pipe systems […]
Read MoreWhat Are Corrosion Coupons?
What Are Corrosion Coupons? What Do Corrosion Coupons Do? Corrosion coupons are pre-weighed and measured metal strips which are mounted in a special pipe system called a coupon rack. They are used to estimate the rate of metal corrosion by comparing the initial weight with the weight following 60, 90 or 120 days […]
Read MoreCleaning & Flushing Procedure for Closed Loops
Do I Need to Flush My Closed Loop? If It’s a Closed Loop, Why Does it Need to be Flushed? In theory, water should never leak out of a closed loop. While there are closed loop systems that rarely lose water, most closed systems lose a small amount of water during the course of normal […]
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How To Clean Scale From Your Boiler
Cleaning Scale From Your Boiler How To Clean Scale From Your Boiler Scale build-up in your steam boiler? Learn why scale accumulates, why you should clean it off & how to clean it. Why Is There Scale On My Boiler? Calcium carbonate scale is commonly formed in a boiler system through exceeding the threshold solubility […]
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