A unique water treatment system that alters the electro-chemistry of the managed water allows for a modification of the physical characteristics of cooling tower make up water that increases the solids content and certain other ions in the water. The result is a system that controls bacteria and fungi, eliminates bleed/blow down, eliminates corrosion and pitting, as well as scale through the use of Magnetic Field Generators that are a part of the system. The process continuously removes and filters solids, scale, and other debris from the system. The results of a study employing this process for three textile mills in Alabama are provided.
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1. For a more extensive discussion on the phenomena created by magnetic field generators see Department of Energy Publication “Federal Technology Alert” publication “Non-Chemical Technologies for Scale and Hardness Control.”
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