Preventing MIC through experimental, on-line fouling monitoring
- Betz Water Management Group, Beaumont, TX (United States)
- Betz Labs., Trevose, PA (United States)
Classic water conditioning of large industrial cooling circuits requires a practical chemical approach to control corrosion, scaling, and fouling. One or more of these areas may be destabilized when a system experiences a change in its applied cooling water chemical treatment technology. When determining the consequences of alternative chemical water treatment programs, special attention to biofilm formation must be given, since this type of fouling represents the potential for subsequent microbiologically induced corrosion (MIC). During the evaluation stage, a fouling monitor can be used to assess the formation of a biofilm, to determine its effect on corrosion rates, and to evaluate treatment efficacy for the control of sessile microorganisms. Such a model was used to develop a water treatment recommendation for a cooling system which will be required to convert to an alternative water treatment technology. This approach to MIC prevention can be applied to related systems which may be subject to underdeposit corrosion.
- OSTI ID:
- 109934
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950304--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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