Purification of water from cooling towers and other heat exchange systems

Sullivan, Enid J.; Carlson, Bryan J.; Wingo, Robert M.; Robison, Thomas W.

Purification of water from cooling towers and other heat exchange systems

Patent · 07 August 2012

OSTI ID:1064442

Sullivan, Enid J.; Carlson, Bryan J.; Wingo, Robert M.; Robison, Thomas W.

The amount of silica in cooling tower water is reduced by passing cooling tower water through a column of silica gel.

Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Assignee:: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Number(s):: 8,236,181

Application Number:: 12/772,672

OSTI ID:: 1064442

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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