Implementing Integrated Zero Liquid Discharge
Reviewing results from 11 installation shows what can be achieved. There are many technological solutions available to help ethanol plants achieve zero liquid discharge (ZLD). Traditional ZLD systems...
View ArticleSocial Responsibility in Corporate America
Corporate social responsibility, commonly referred to as CSR, has emerged as a significant theme in the global, and local, business community affecting relationships between investors, customers,...
View ArticleProtect Your Facility and Your Staff from Legionella
This electron micrograph depicts an amoeba as it entraps a Legionella Pneumophila bacterium (green) with an extended pseudopod. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and...
View ArticleOzone Generators: A New Technology for Biocide Treatment
The use of Ozone has become an optional biocide in smaller cooling towers, evaporative condensers and process applications where low to moderate traditional biocides, such as bleach and bromine, have...
View ArticleTips & Tricks for Spring Tower Start-Up
Many cooling towers start-up in the spring. A little effort spent getting your cooling tower ready in the spring will pay big dividends throughout the summer cooling season. Follow these steps to...
View ArticleMinimizing White Rust In Galvanized Cooling Towers
Galvanized coatings for cooling tower systems have been used in the industry since the 1950s. The galvanizing process binds a layer of zinc metal to steel. When properly applied and passivated, the...
View ArticleBenefits of Sidestream & Media Filtration in Cooling Towers
Cooling towers scrub large volumes of air and effectively remove solids consisting of dust, microbiological organisms, and various airborne debris. Make-up water to the tower adds suspended solids in...
View ArticlePreventing Scale Formation in Reverse Osmosis Systems
http://www.uswaterservices.com/contact_us.php5By Wes ByrneReverse osmosis (RO) systems behave similar to a boiler or a cooling tower in that they cause the dissolved salts in their makeup water to...
View ArticleFlow Accelerated Corrosion
Few subjects have captured the attention of boiler cycle chemistry experts and research dollars in the past 10+ years as flow accelerated corrosion (FAC). Having previously been most concerned about...
View ArticleOptimize Your Industrial Water Softener With A Brine Elution Study
Sodium zeolite softening is an ion exchange method for removing hardness from water sources achieved by exchanging calcium and magnesium ions for sodium. This process is ideal when applied to domestic,...
View ArticleReverse Osmosis (RO) Membrane Autopsy: What You Need to Know
A membrane autopsy is a good description of the analysis that can be performed on a fouled membrane. It can also be the key to determining how to prevent fouling of new membranes and to maximize the...
View ArticleWater Use for Ethanol Production: Where Are We Today?
by Sara Schoenborn, Assistant Editor at Agriview With a steadily growing global population, it has become the focus of all those involved in agriculture to learn and adapt new ways of producing more...
View ArticleAsset Protection & System Optimization: What You Need to Know
Asset protection is a concept that is steadily gaining notoriety in today’s industry. Many plants are looking for ways to optimize their system to get the most they can from their capital equipment,...
View ArticleThe Value of Remote Visual Inspections Through Borescoping
Visual inspection of chiller and evaporator tubes is a great tool to determine the effectiveness of a water treatment program. Effective use of a borescope can visually determine if a water treatment...
View ArticleThe Sometimes Maddening Question of Boiler Lay-Up
With more and more steam boilers being asked to provide intermittent service, there is renewed focus on the proper treatment of boiler systems while they are offline. In the Power industry it is not...
View ArticleMaximize Asset Protection & Minimize Chemical Costs by Maintaining Your...
When treating Thermal Energy Systems or Large Chilled Water systems the following standards should be followed to minimize costs to chemically treat these systems and protect the equipment assets....
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View ArticleU.S. Water Reports – A Web Based Reporting System
In our continuous effort to assist our customers in maximizing the potential of their water treatment systems, U.S. Water completed a major upgrade to the web based U.S. Water Reports system. The...
View ArticleU.S. Water pHytOUT Successfully Controls Mineral Deposits
Ethanol plants are often challenged with mineral deposits and the loss of heat transfer efficiency in distillation that accompanies these deposits. pHytOUT(R) is a patented deposit control technology...
View ArticleImprove System Efficiency at U.S. Water’s Cooling Seminar
Join U.S. Water in Plymouth, MN on March 28, 2013 for an in-depth educational experience. This seminar will educate your operations and engineering staff of the proper methods to design and maintain an...
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