COOLING WATER ARTICLES

VRTX expands into Pacific Islands

VRTX Technologies, a chemical-free water treatment company that specializes in cooling towers and evaporative condensers, is now providing water treatment to some familiar locations in Hawaii and G...

Chinese nuclear power plant to use ultrafiltration modules for process water treatment

inge watertechnologies AG has secured another major contract in China. inge watertechnologies had already outfitted Beijing International Airport with its proprietary patented ultrafiltration techn...

Settlement reached in power plant cooling system dispute

The three year legal battle over the water intake structure at the Elm Road Generating Station in Oak Creek, WI, ended late last week with a settlement agreement that will provide $100 million for ...

Sulzer Pumps awarded major power projects in China

CNPEC (China Guangdong Nuclear Power Engineering Company Limited), LHNP (Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd) and NDNP (Ningde Nuclear Power Co. Ltd) placed an order for the supply of the conv...

Frigel, Heisler Green form eco-friendly partnership

Frigel North America has announced a new partnership with Heisler Green, a specialist in environmentally friendly water treatment chemicals and services for cooling towers, boilers, closed loop sys...

Cooling tower to begin commercial operation in Georgia

Life in the Chattahoochee River are expected to get a little bit cooler as the first of two cooling towers at Georgia Power's Plant McDonough in Smyrna begins commercial operation next week. The $9...

Polyethylene pipes replace concrete in power station's cooling water intake

Alstom has now used polyethylene piping instead of concrete in a power station's cooling water intake for the first time. The advantages of polyethylene piping are that it is easy to install on the...

Water Use Reductions and the Cost Savings

Savings with water use reductions can be huge. And, today, especially in the Atlanta area where drought recently left reservoirs high and dry, water is precious and should be conserved everywhere.

Cooling Water Control and Online Corrosion Monitoring

Process and pipeline corrosion is a major problem in the petroleum, chemical and process industries.

Dominion to minimize power station's thermal impact on bay

A unit of Dominion has agreed to invest approximately $500 million to reduce the amount of cooling water its Brayton Point Power Station uses from Mt. Hope Bay, thereby minimizing the station's the...