Corrosion control when using secondary treated municipal wastewater as alternative makeup water for cooling tower systems

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2346-2356

  Hsieh, Ming Kai ^a   Li, Heng ^b   Chien, Shih Hsiang ^b   Monnell, Jason D ^b   Chowdhury, Indranil ^c   Dzombak, David A ^a   Vidic, Radisav D ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Copper; Corrosion; Corrosion inhibitors; Mild steel; Municipal wastewater; Power plant; Tolyltriazole; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

ALLOY STEEL; CARBON STEEL; CHLORINE; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING WATER; COPPER; CORROSION; CORROSION PREVENTION; CORROSION RATE; METAL TESTING; POWER PLANTS; STEEL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

AVERAGE CORROSION RATES; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; COOLING WATER SYSTEMS; CORROSION CONTROL; CORROSION INHIBITION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; TOLYLTRIAZOLES; WATER REUSE;

CORROSION INHIBITORS;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; BIOCIDE; COPPER; MONOCHLORAMINE; PHOSPHATE; STEEL; WATER;

ALLOY; ARID REGION; CHLORINE; COOLING; CORROSION; FRESHWATER; HEAVY METAL; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POWER PLANT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; COOLING TOWER; CORROSION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FLOW RATE; FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP SECONDARY TREATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHETIC MUNICIPAL WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE;

CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER;

EID: 79952276190     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12681059117094     Document Type: Article

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