APPLICATION NOTE

Type 8619 – Water quality monitoring and control of cooling towers

Water & Waste Water Equipment (Treatment, Automation, Quality Monitoring) > Waste Water Treatment
Equipment (Industrial, Municipal, Reuse) > Cooling Tower Water Control > Water Quality Monitoring & Control

Application Description
Water Quality Monitoring & Control for cooling towers

Cooling towers are used in different industries to cool down processes. They facilitate heat exchange
between air and process water. The functionality of those facilities can suffer from many factors like
calcification, corrosion or bacterial contamination (legionella). Continuous monitoring is crucial.

Customer Challenges & Value Drivers

Control of many different variables at the same time

Cooling tower processes need to be controlled and monitored. The task encompasses monitoring flow
rates, physical-chemical properties, controlling of dosage pumps, and draining to waste while adding
fresh water. Sometimes it is needed to pre-lower conductivity, which facilitates a temporal shift of the
curative treatment. The challenge lies within controlling many different variables at the same time.

Bürkert Solution
Solution based on Type 8619

The customer BWT uses flow meters Type 8011 and 8030 for adding fresh water and releasing waste
water as this measurement principle (paddle wheel) is not affected by water quality variations.
A solenoid valve Type 6213 is used to release water according to the conductivity measurement from
resistive (Type 8220) or inductive transmitters (Type 8228). The dosage pumps (for biocidal shock
treatment) are controlled based on ORP measurement (Type 8220/8223). Type 8619 combines all of
these tasks and measurement variables in one controller. The customer was especially happy about
the Time dosing function that allows the automated dosing at any given date and time and other
particularly suitable functions for cooling tower control.

Customer Value Propositions

 Control of many different variables at the same
time in one device
 Specific functions for cooling towers: prelower
condutivity, time controlled dosing, control of
the dosage pumps, etc.
 Less time needed for initial start-up: SD card
enables transfer of configuration between
devices

Olivier Bertrand, FSM Water, BC-FR

Phone: +33 390577838, olivier.bertrand@burkert.com
30.08.2017, for internal use