Is Your Cooling Tower Safe From Legionella?
JUNE 3, 2019At Chardon Labs, we want to make sure that you are prepared and equipped to protect your cooling tower system and the people around it from harmful bacteria like Legionella. What Is Legionella And Why Should I Care? Legionella is a common water-borne bacterium. There several dozen known species. Some of the species, known as Legionella pneumophila, are potentially harmful to humans because they can cause pneumonia...
How to Prevent A Legionella Outbreak
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017Water safety and quality have been some of the United States’ most pressing concerns in recent years with cities like Flint, Michigan and the Bronx in New York reporting disease...
How to Clean Scale From a Heat Exchanger
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017Table of Contents Scale is an unwanted material that accumulates onto the internal surfaces of a heat exchanger – this deposition is otherwise known as fouling. If untreated, fouling will harden...
How Do I Reduce Water Usage In My Cooling Tower?
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017How Can Reduced Water Usage Benefit Your System? The efficiency of water usage in cooling towers can be measured by the number of times water can be cycled through the...
How Much Water Should Be in Your Cooling Tower?
MAY 1, 2017At Chardon Laboratories, providing commercial cooling tower services is one of our specialties. One of the common questions that we receive is: "How much water should there be in my cooling...
Why You Need to Bleed Cooling Towers
MARCH 10, 2017Updated September 19, 2022 The water in cooling towers can accumulate various contaminants over time. This can depend on the cycles of concentration, which is the amount of times you...
12 Proven Procedures to Layup a Boiler
MARCH 3, 2017Updated March 24, 2022 Determine how Long the Boiler will be Shutdown Choose a wet or dry layup based on the length of time that you intend the boiler to...
Effective Chemicals to Use to Clean Your Steam Boiler
MARCH 3, 2017This procedure is for cleaning carbonate based mineral scale from the waterside of steam boilers. Additional steam boiler cleaner products and steps will be required if you suspect that the...
Iron Related Bacteria in Cooling Towers
AUGUST 23, 2016What Can Iron Related Bacteria Do To Your Cooling Tower? Iron related bacteria (IRB) can present itself in many different forms within cooling tower systems. Typically, iron bacteria are introduced...
Basic Steps to Start-Up a Cooling Tower
APRIL 4, 2016Updated March 21, 2022 Top 6 Best Practices for a Cooling Tower Start-Up Procedure: 1. Clean Clean and remove debris from the basin (If you miss this important step, debris...
Legionella and Cooling Towers
FEBRUARY 26, 2016The Hard Truth about Legionella Control Water safety issues are grabbing the headlines in recent months. The deaths reported from Legionnaires disease are particularly disturbing. Knowing that the transmission of...