Higher cycles mean less make-up water and less blowdown, but the risk of scaling and corrosion increases. Softening the make-up water or treating it with RO safely raises the number of cycles to 5–8. Chemical conditioning and the biocide programme are planned together.
Technical glossary· Boiler, cooling and process
Cycles of Concentration
Short definitionThe ratio of cooling tower water TDS to make-up water TDS in a cooling tower; it shows how many times the water has been concentrated.
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