Field Validation of Electrochemical Water Filtration System on an Open Loop Cooling Tower at Nissan Manufacturing Plant in Canton, Mississippi
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Energy 350, Portland, OR (United States)
The U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office’s Industrial Technology Validation (ITV) program aims to identify and demonstrate the performance of new, emerging, and underutilized technologies in the industrial sector to help inform decisions towards accelerating commercialization and deployment. This ITV demonstration investigated the performance of an early-commercial electrochemical water treatment technology on a cooling tower at an automotive plant. Cooling towers are vital equipment for dissipating heat from industrial processes, but they face challenges related to scaling, corrosion, and the growth of biological contaminants. Effective cooling tower water treatment is therefore essential in reducing these contaminants and other total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids (TDS). Various treatment systems, such as sand-based filters, centrifugal separators, and disc filters are available, each having its advantages and drawbacks. ElectroCell Systems, a filtration technology provider, offers an electrochemistry-based water treatment system that is skid-mounted and can be configured as a side-stream filtration system.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office (IEDO)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 2562659
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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