Corrosion processes in cooling towers

Teresa Szymura


Department of Construction Methods and Management; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology (Poland)

Wojciech Adamczyk


Department of General Construction of Buildings; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology (Poland)

Abstract

Corrosion testing was performed on structural steel of a cooling tower in the environment of cooling water containing ammonium sulfates and ammonium chloride. The test were performed using gravimetric and electrochemical methods with the application of a potentiostat. The analyses clearly showed that the corrosion rate is higher in solutions that contain ammonium sulfate and that the S235JRG2 steel exhibits higher corrosion resistance in this environment.


Keywords:

Cooling water, corrosion metals and concrete construction, cooling system, inhibitors

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Published
2013-09-11

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Szymura, T. and Adamczyk, W. (2013) “Corrosion processes in cooling towers”, Budownictwo i Architektura, 12(3), pp. 231–238. doi: 10.35784/bud-arch.2036.

Authors

Teresa Szymura 

Department of Construction Methods and Management; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology Poland

Authors

Wojciech Adamczyk 

Department of General Construction of Buildings; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Lublin University of Technology Poland

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