Environmentally Engineered Equipment
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"Why use ION Generation for Cooling Towers ?"
The use of water ionization as a maintenance treatment for
cooling towers has good potential for operation and maintenance savings. Water ionization
acts as a powerful biocide that eliminates the need to remove quantities of water from the
cooling tower in order to decrease the concentration of organic and mineral solids in the
system. Water ionization can also eliminate the need for chemical additives added to the
cooling tower water. In a properly installed and operating system, bacterial counts are
reduced, with a subsequent minimization of the buildup of biofilm on heat exchanger
surfaces.
The resulting reduction in energy use, increased cooling tower
operating efficiency, and reduced maintenance effort provide cost savings as well as
environmental benefit and regulatory compliance with respect to discharge of wastewater
from blowdown. Cooling towers associated with chillers for air-conditioning are good
candidates for a water ionization application.
