Industrial cooling water systems, particularly open recirculating systems, provide a favorable environment for the growth of microorganisms including both planktonic and sessile growth. Without microbiological control, the growth can result in corrosion and other efficiency issues that can cause equipment failure, unscheduled downtime, reduced heat transfer and lost production.
Veolia offers a broad portfolio of oxidizing and non-oxidizing biocides as well as biodispersants to treat and protect cooling system from a variety of micro-organisms and microbiological growth.
Spectrus products give customers a wide array of options for controlling microbes (algae, fungi, bacteria, protozoa, etc.) and macrofouling organisms (mollusk) in cooling water and related industrial systems. Control of biological populations in industrial water systems is essential to prevent biofouling and other microbiological growth-related issues.
The Spectrus product line consists of the following product series:
Spectrus BD: to enhance the biocide performance
Spectrus CT: to address macrofouling organisms
Spectrus DT: detox materials
Spectrus NX: non-oxidizing biocides
Spectrus OX: oxidizing biocides
Microbiological fouling in cooling systems is the result of abundant growth of algae, fungi, and bacteria on surfaces. Once-through and open or closed recirculating water systems may support microbial growth, but fouling problems usually develop more quality and are more extensive in open reticulating systems.