96-12: Analyzing Corrosion Rates of Copper for Open Recirculating Systems Cooling Tower ConversionA Total Quality Management (TQM) Program consists of at least three topics: Quality Function Development, Quality Costs and Problem Solving Techniques. This paper reviews five problem solving techniques in order to solve the following problem: "Why are copper corrosion rates as measured by coupon so high in recirculating cooling waters?" The techniques used include brainstorming, flow charts, histograms, and papeto analysis and cause and effect
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This document discusses some of the methods associated with practical control of corrosion in cooling systems
Two case studies are reported on cooling towers in a utility and a petrochemical plant
The calcium carbonate deposit control performance of polymer/HEDP blends was compared in laboratory process simulation
An ion exchange based technology has been developed to selectively remove calcium from aqueous streams effectively eliminating calcium as the limiting constituent for COC
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many design features must be considered to produce optimum performance
louvers and similar applications on cooling towers
which have led to a novel new product
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