The presence of scale is common to a facility’s operations. It can cause a surge in energy consumption and have a significant impact on operational costs. This is why it is vital to properly maintain and protect your equipment.

Predicting calcium carbonate scale in water systems has been done for more than 20 years — often with questionable or even inaccurate results rather than actual field observations.

Water is an expensive resource for industrial companies, and it can be especially so for those that rely on cooling towers as a part of the manufacturing process. Cooling towers use a large amount of water on a consistent basis and are subject to scaling and corrosion issues. When the equipment is not maintained properly, an even greater amount of water can be used — and sometimes wasted.

Microbiological testing, specifically for total bacteria and Legionella bacteria in cooling tower water systems, has been using a methodology that basically has not changed for many years. The recent Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks due to cooling tower water systems has prompted a closer look at the methodology to determine if there is a need to consider a change that would be more representative of the true microbiological levels in these systems.

The effects of scale can be debilitating to an industrial system. Goodway Technologies knows the importance of addressing it. The company will host a free webinar, “Scale: Why You Have It, What It Does and How to Descale Safely and Effectively,” Tuesday, June 26 at 2 p.m. (EST).

The following study details a case study storybook regarding a Dynamic Water Technologies UET installation at Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall facility in Scottsdale, Arizona. The document shows water savings, details progress on the water treatment at the facility.

Check out this special page to find products perfectly suited to help you and your process equipment handle high ambient temperature and humidity. As we head into the critical summer cooling season, be sure you know about products that can help solve cooling challenges.

Photo shows cooling water pipes after less than one year without filtration. Scale formation reduces the heat transfer rate and increases the water pressure drop through the heat exchanger and pipes.

 A complete water treatment system, Smart Shield Solid Chemistry System is specifically engineered to be factory mounted on a closed circuit cooler.