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This is a concise,authoritative guide to the identification and elimination of corrosion in cooling water systems and related equipment-from a leader in the field. Abundant full color photographs of actual failures illustrate the detailed description of each common failure mode presented. Case histories follow each chapter. A wide variety of environments and equipment are presented,including: open and closed systems; recirculating and once-through arrangements; conventional shell-and-tube exchangers and plate heat exchangers; special purpose cooling arrangements; and service water systems. Topics covered include concentration cell corrosion,biologically influenced corrosion,chemical attack,cracking,dealloying,mechanically induced attack,manufacturing defects,graphitic corrosion,exfoliation,and galvanic cells.
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The Nalco Guide to Cooling Water System Failure Analysis Nalco Chemical Company Authored by Harvey M. Herro Robert D. Port McGraw-Hill, Inc. New York St. Louis San Francisco Auckland Bogota Caracas Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Milan Montreal New Delhi San Juan Singapore Sydney Tokyo Toronto Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Herro, Harvey M. The Nalco guide to cooling water system failure analysis / Nalco Chemical Company ; authored by Harvey M. Herro, Robert D. Port. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-07-028400-8 1. Cooling towers. 2. Heat exchangers—Corrosion. I. Port, Robert D. II. Nalco Chemical Company. III. Title. TJ563.H47 1993 621.1'97—dc20 92-22428 CIP Copyright © 1993 by McGraw-Hill, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval syste