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Any risk of Flash corrosion in my Cooling Tower?

Any risk of Flash corrosion in my Cooling Tower?

Any risk of Flash corrosion in my Cooling Tower?

(OP)
I have a chemical softening/clarifier pre-treatment design for my Cooling Tower that produces corrosive water. After reaching steady state, the CT water quality calculation shows a scaling LSI.

Should I be dosing corrosion inhibitor during start up to avoid flash corrosion?

Any tips would be highly appreciated.

Karbone

RE: Any risk of Flash corrosion in my Cooling Tower?

You really should look into obtaining the services of a competent water treatment chemical provider. Someone from a Betz, Chemtreat, etc. will be able to initiate a proper chemical treatment program for the cooling tower. A corrosion inhibiter, a biocide, maybe an acid feed system to control alkalinity, etc, will be part of that program.

Here is a reference on cooling tower startup:

"Proper startup of cooling tower systems prevent initial corrosion and fouling"
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5217612

THe cooling tower manufacturer should also provide some assistance. Here is a link that provides typical startup instructions:
http://spxcooling.com/pdf/M06-1310.pdf

RE: Any risk of Flash corrosion in my Cooling Tower?

(OP)
Thank you so much Bimr for your valuable tips. We are still in the construction phase but I want to be better prepared come commissioning.

Best regards,

Karbone

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