17-24: How to Choose a Biocide Program for a Recirculating Cooling SystemPreventing microbial growth in recirculating cooling systems is crucial to maintain productivity at your site and extend the life of your capital assets. Choosing the correct biocide program for your particular system requires assessing factors other than free chlorine levels and planktonic microbe counts. This paper will describe various microbial growth control technologies, how to choose among them, and how to monitor the performance and value of

In the industrial plants

A mitigation plan consisting of intake modifications to be implemented during several phases is presented

it can provide trouble free operation and long life to the equipment

the paper will elaborate on the special design considerations that are necessary to achieve a fire wall system that meets the design parameters

water use and energy use of the pilot unit after several months of operation

thus releasing the use of scarce and valuable higher grade water for other more important uses

Lab data will be presented

Asset preservation is a major priority among utilities and communities

Biofouling control has always been a difficult task for cooling tower treatment programs

and areas of the towers that experience the most advanced degree of degradation

A case study of a cooling tower installation in a refinery will be presented

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