Cooling Tower Articles & Analysis

A 35-ton cooling tower at a major college had compressors operating at more than 260psi just to maintain a 70°F water temperature due to heavy water scale. RYDLYME was put into the system to dissolve the scaling. RYDLYME approach 55 gallons circulated for 4 hours via inline pumps and then flushed with water. Cleaning was done while system was in operation! RYDLYME results ...

By Apex Engineering Products Corporation

Reducing water consumption in bioethanol production conserves an increasingly scarce natural resource, lowers production costs, and minimizes effluent management issues. The suitability of cooling tower blow down water for reuse in fermentation was investigated as a means to lower water consumption. Extensive chemical characterization of the blow down water revealed low concentrations of toxic ...

By IWA Publishing

Improving efficiency and minimizing downtime improve production in any business, specifically in the petrochemical sector. While all large facilities and industrial infrastructure resources like refineries have cooling towers, keeping them running efficiently and effectively is vital for the ongoing safety, production, and profitability for petrochemical plants. While there are a variety of ...

By Cooling Tower Valves & Screens (CTVS), LLC.

In this study, exergy and exergoeconomic analyses of the Dora II geothermal power plant (DGPP) with 9.5 MW net power output are carried out by using real thermodynamic and cost data. The exergetic efficiency of this plant is calculated to be 29.6%. The highest exergy destruction rate among the DGPP components occurs in the cooling towers followed by the turbines, vaporisers, preheaters and pumps. ...

By Inderscience Publishers

Eburru, Kenya – 2012 Under a contract with Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), GDA designed, manufactured, tested, and shipped all of the major equipment for a 2.4 MW wellhead power plant at Eburru, Kenya. GDA also provided supervision and technical support during installation and commissioning of the plant. At the heart of the plant is an Elliott 8-stage GYR turbine. This ...

By Geothermal Development Associates (GDA)

Problem Combined wastewater streams from ash tank overflow, boiler room sumps, cooling tower blowdown, seal and cooling water, and various plant drains exceeded current discharge limits for copper. The owner anticipated new NPDES permit limits to be further reduced to 9.3 ppb Copper. TSS reduction was also ...

By SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions

In addition to its own and external products, system providers involved in the project business also provide process knowledge and complete projects refined to the last detail. The standard is high. Their own knowledge combined with the supplier’s knowledge leads to a complete solution. From the delivery of the components to their installation, trial operation and commissioning, all the ...

By Sera GmbH

AZUD offers Taylor made solutions for any kind of process where water need to be treated: Recirculation cooling processes. Side stream filtration to remove all solids from the cooling tower. Make up water treatment, keeping elements like heat exchangers and nozzles free of problem. Protection for UF membranes in order to enhance its performance and make them last longer. Recirculation ...

By Sistema AZUD, S.A.

Environmental Noise Control was commissioned to provide a noise study for an Antero Resources Corporation compressor station in Colorado, USA. The assessment used acoustic computer modeling to determine noise compliance within the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) limits. The compressor station consisted of several compressors and vertical coolers housed in a compressor building. ...

By Behrens and Associates · Environmental Noise Control

Abstract A station uprate provides an economical opportunity to improve the generation capacity of a power plant if all the major system components are able to handle the effects of increased generation. The magnitude of uprate from increased steam generation will be limited by the maximum capacity of the weakest link in the cycle, which for many plants is the condenser. The condensers on many ...

By Bionetics Corporation

The power generation industry is a major consumer of water for their power production requirements. As this industry becomes more competitive and potential environmental laws and regulations are required, companies within this industry will require sustainable and advanced solutions to meet their unique water quality requirements to ensure continuous production as the lowest potential cost. ...

By Genesis Water Technologies, Inc.

The Situation A California refinery produces xylene for use as commercial product and a precursor for petrochemical manufacturing. A primary component to the production of xylene is the isolation and purification of the chemical from a complex mixture of petroleum hydrocarbons. Steam based heat exchangers are used to process the xylene. Inherent to the design and rough duty heat exchangers face ...

By Benchmark Measurement Solutions (formerly Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments)

The global demand for power continues to increase, especially in fast growing areas of Asia including China, India and the Middle East. The environmental regulations on these power generation companies are also becoming more stringent. Power generation companies need smart, sustainable solutions to meet the specific water quality requirements that will ensure consistent process and power ...

By Genesis Water Technologies, Inc.

Abstract An integral model for the plane buoyant jet dynamics resulting from the interaction of multiple buoyant jet effluxes spaced along a diffuser line is considered as an extension of the round jet formulation that was proposed in Part I. The receiving fluid is given by an unbounded ambient environment with uniform density or stable density stratification and under stagnant or steady sheared ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

The Emerald Energy from Waste Facility (Emerald Energy) is located in the suburban area of Toronto, Ontario, in the City of Brampton. Recently purchased from Algonquin Power Energy Fund by Upak Disposals, Emerald Energy is a privately-held waste collection and recycling company with a 45-year track record of success. Gordon Hoskinson invented the core pyrolytic gasification technology, which has ...

By The Hoskinson Group, LLC

Plant: 1 x ZE-50-LT Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Module, nominal output 50 kWe Nominal output: 50 kWe Application: Heat recovery from engines (two MAN biogas-fueled gensets) Location: Province of Padua, Veneto, Italy Manager: Private Italian firm The cattle farm which commissioned this plant lies in a small village in a corner of the province of Padua adjoining the province of ...

By Zuccato Energia Srl

AMSA, Inc. is pleased to announce the issuance of US patent 9,365,444, “Formulations for use in sulfur scale control in industrial water systems.” In particular, it claims a method for removal and inhibition of elemental sulfur deposits in geothermal utility cooling water systems. Foreign patents covering other countries with important geothermal resources have also previously issued ...

By AMSA, Inc.

Plant: 1 x ZE-50-LT Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Module, nominal output 50 kWe Nominal output: 50 kWe Application: Heat recovery from engines (Jenbacher biogas-fueled genset) Location: Province of Venice, Veneto, Italy Manager: Private Italian firm The client who commissioned this plant is a livestock farm specializing in cattle and located in the province of Venice, Italy, ...

By Zuccato Energia Srl

Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea – 2005 In December 2003, Lihir Management Company awarded GDA a contract for supply and site supervision for a 30MW (net) geothermal power plant. In 2005, Lihir contracted with GDA for an additional 20 MW of plant equipment. The picture at the right shows the main power house and annex under construction. The power house is the larger open section which ...

By Geothermal Development Associates (GDA)

Plant: 1 x ZE-50-LT Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Module, nominal output 50 kWe Nominal output: 50 kWe Application: Heat recovery from engines (two Jenbacher biogas-fueled gensets) Location: Province of Mantua,Lombardy,Italy Manager: Private italian firm The client, located in the province of Mantua, Lombardy, Italy is a livestock farm specializing in pigs, which has decided to ...

By Zuccato Energia Srl