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REQUIREMENTS In general, the Watermaid Water Treatment Unit is suitable for use on all
cooling towers. One Watermaid Water Treatment Unit
is designed for each cooling tower and has the capacity of producing up
to 30 grams / hour of 100% available chlorine.
(for more information, see the production table
located on "Chlorine Production" page.) A requirement for the
Watermaid Water Treatment Unit to operate effectively, is
that there is a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) reading, greater than 500ppm.
This allows the Watermaid unit to electrolyze the chloride ions in the water and
convert them to 100% available chlorine, a powerful and decisive biocide. The
units may work on very high TDS values however most cooling towers are set with
a bleed rate and incoming makeup water level that limits the cycles of
concentration and the TDS value so that it does not normally exceed 1500ppm. This
is the ideal range (500ppm - 1500ppm) for the Watermaid Water Treatment Unit
to operate effectively and efficiently. If the
Watermaid
Unit is to be operated on a cooling tower that normally has a TDS value that is
less than 500ppm, consultation with Watermaid will determine the specific requirements of the cooling
tower and we will manufacture a unit to suit the conditions of the cooling
tower. Generally this will simply involve adding more electrolytic cells to the
cooling tower and attaching them to the power supply. |