NCDs and Biological Control in Cooling Water Systems

摘要

An AWT ASHRAE-Liaison report presents and summarizes the ASHRAE 1361-RP research project on biological control in cooling water systems using non-chemical treatment devices. The ASHRAE funded 1361-RP research was a scientific evaluation of several classes of non-chemical water treatment devices (NCDs) for efficacy in reducing planktonic (bulk water) and sessile (biofilm) microbial populations within a pilot-scale cooling system. The AWT report follows the organizational format of the ASHRAE 1361-RP final report. In addition, it presents a summary of a critique and response to the critique of objections presented to the ASHRAE technical committee (TC3.6) that sponsored the research project.