use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower
use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower
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hi i am a chemical engineer at zinc smelter plant and i plan to add demineralized water to the natural cooling towers that we are using now i want to know what are the implications in this matter the inlet water temp into cooling tower is 72c and the demineralized water is around 45c my point is that addition of dm water reduces coc...





RE: use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower
What is the point? Unless of course your source of make up water is already full of chemicals to the point of the COC concentrations.
Is this DM water free surplus from some other process?
If not, this seems a colossal waste of money to me; unless you have plenty of money or extra DM water.
You didn't give us much information on what the option is for MU water.
rmw
RE: use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower
RE: use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower
but the pipes are made of mild steel so will the use of dm water cause corrosion problems. presently we are using 8 coc
RE: use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower
The corrosion problem with demineralized water would only occur if you were operating on straight demineralized water. Once you mix the demineralized water into the cooling water, there will be no effect.
In water short areas, it is common to dispose of wastewater (that still is of relatively good quality) into the cooling tower system. RO reject streams, boiler blowdown, etc. are typically put into the cooling water system.
RE: use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower
Can u xplain y ? how come it doesnt have any effect
and also delta T is now 9c(inlet 45 outlet 36) and wet bulb temp is 30c around here, the CT is now only 60% effective suggest anyways on improving the effectiveness of the CT
RE: use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower
If you add demineralized water to another water, the demineralized water addition will simply decrease the water's chemical parameters in proportion to the amount of demineralized water that is added.
For example, add 50% demineralized water, then the hardness, alkalinity, sodium, etc. will decrease 50%.
The addition of demineralized water will in effect increase the cooling tower's COC because the blended incoming water will now be less mineralized.
Demineralized water by itself is corrosive because the water lacks hardness and alkalinity. You typically want a water to be slightly scaling as determined by the Langelier index. However, since you are adding the demineralized water into the cooling tower, the demineralized water will be diluting the chemical content.
It looks like you are planning to add 300 m3/day demineralized water to CT with existing 960 m3/day. That will reduce your incoming water mineral content approximately 1/3 or (300/960 x TDS mg/l).
Cooling tower COC's are typically limited by the hardness, alkalinity, and TSS. You will still have the same limitations.
The water temperature does not appear to be problem. What is your concern with it? You should consider the average water temperature of the blended water across the CT.
RE: use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower
RE: use of demineralized ater to natural draft cooling tower