Ozone in Cooling Tower Water Treatment
Cooling tower water requires extensive treatment. Using Ozone in cooling tower water treatment has good potential for operation and maintenance savings. In cooling tower Ozone acts as a strong biocide that nearly eliminates the need to remove quantities of water from the cooling tower. Ozone treatment can also reduce the need for chemical additives added to the cooling tower water.
Benefits of Ozone in Cooling Tower Water Treatment
- Ozone eliminates the usage of chemicals except pH balancing
- No chemical storage is required.
- Subsequent cost savings and improved safety
- No pH control requirements
- No formation of toxins like trihalomethanes (THM's) are not formed by ozone as they are with chlorine.
- Corrosion rate of metals is reduced including copper heat exchangers.
- The energy cost is saved by increasing the heat transfer efficiency of the chiller.