Operational and Environmental Consequences of Large Industrial Cooling Water Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rajagopal, Sanjeevi (Editor), Jenner, Henk A. (Editor), Venugopalan, Vayalam P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Subjects: Environment.; Water-supply.; Chemical engineering.; Aquatic ecology.; Environmental management.; Water pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Environmental Management.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.

Industrial and economic development of mankind has always depended on the availability of water. Industries resort to large-scale abstraction of cooling water from natural water bodies such as rivers, lakes and coastal seas. The abstracted water is treated with chemicals to combat operational proble...