Cooling Tower Descaling Program

COOLING TOWER
Cooling Tower is a device which cools hot water from the machine
and sends back in a circulatory pattern.
Cooling Tower
3

Heat

Cool Water
Machine

Cool Area--------------------------------------- Hot Area

Taking heat from the machines and rejecting the heat in to the atmosphere
inside the cooling tower

COOLING WATER CYCLE.

Machine

LINE IN LET

LINE OUT LET

COOLING TOWER

PUMP ROOM

PUMP

WATER SUMP

Machines & Equipments using water from Cooling Tower to remove heat
during working conditions

Heat Exchangers

Chillers & Condensors

Robots

Molds

Electric Furnace

Hot Air going out

Pure Water (H2O)

Evaporation

Dust coming in
with Air

Make Up
Water
Ca, Mg

Water Tank

PROBLEM:

BIOLOGICAL GROWTH / SLIME

Biological Growth in Cooling Tower Fins

leads to
narrowing of gaps
reduced wind passage
ineffective cooling
fins going down

Biological Growth

Continuous accumulation of

slime

sludge in water pipelines results in

reduced diameter
slow passage of water
excess heating on machine

Slime

&

PROBLEM:

SCALE / RUST & CORROSIN

Scale formation in pipelines results in

reduced diameter of heat exchanger
tubes
reduced water flow rate
insulation for heat transfer
Scale

Rust & Corrosion results in

decreased heat transfer

damage of heat exchanger tubes

Rust & Corrosion

Solution:

BIOLOGICAL GROWTH / SLIME

Bio-clean pack (BCP ) Treatment

Solution

SCALE / RUST & CORROSIN

Descaling with NM 50 / NM 40 SUS/CBD92

Case Study

Case study
Before

After

Pressing Company, used BioClean Pack

Heat Exchanger used NM 50

BIOCLEAN PACK Calculation- (1 BCP For Each 50TR ) Eg. For 300TR - 6BCPs
1 BIOCLEAN PACK (BCP) Contains
NM40SUS - 5 LTRS
ACTICHLOR - 4 LTRS
AQUASPERSE - 1 LTRS
DEFOAMER ( FC 101 ) - 1 LTR
Procedure for using BCP
Water PH should be in the range of 6.5- 7.5.- If not add fresh water and circulate and bring
the Ph to optimal level of 7.5
Add NM40SUS and circulate for ten minutes.
Add Actichlor and circulate for 10 minutes.
Foaming may occur during the addition of Actichlor and Aquasperse. So add a maximum of 1 litre
defoamer- with dilution 1: 5
Once all the above chemicals are dosed replace the water completely after 1- 3 days and change water
completely

DESCALING PRODUCT CALCULATION

NM 50- 1LTR FOR EACH TR
NM40 SUS(In case of occurrence of Stainless Steel)-2LTRS FOR EACH TR
CBD 92- In case of occurrence of Aluminum) Upto 1.5% of total water quantity
Descaling Procedure with NM50 /NM40SUS
Switch off all equipments..Initially add 10% of the total quantity of Product into the cooling tower and circulate .
The Ph of circulating water will be raising above 1(ranges from 3-4) depending on the intensity of the scale
deposit). Add 10% of NM50 and again check the PH .This cycle should be continued until the PH remains
constant at 1 for at least 3 hours continuously. Change water completely till Ph is neutral.
Usage of BP 800 (Optional)
After descaling with NM50, BP 800 can be used.to neutralize the circulating water to get a PH of 7- 8.5
The quantity of BP 800 = NM50 Quantity x 0.2 litre.
For ex. If the NM50 calculated above is 100 litre then BP800 required will be 20 litres.

DESCALING WITH CBD92 (Online)

Circulate for 3-7Days for closed loop with dilution 1:300
Circulate for 3weeks (1/3 per week) for open loop systems with dilution 1:100. Change water completely after
using CBD92.