Chemical Water Treatment Services in Dayton, OH

Dayton, Ohio, is full of different types of businesses using various water systems, like cooling towers, boilers and closed-loop systems. These systems are vulnerable to issues such as corrosion and contamination that lead to reduced efficiency, damage and transmitted illness if not treated appropriately.

At Chardon Laboratories, we offer a wide range of services for Ohio companies, all completed by experts in the field. We are certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and deliver comprehensive, customized solutions to meet the unique needs of your system:

• Cooling tower service
• Boiler chemicals
• Closed loop system service
• Legionella testing and treatment
• Contact Chardon Labs in Dayton

Our work is trusted in various industries, from manufacturing and food processing to health care facilities, breweries and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC).

Whether you’re looking to reduce the presence of bacteria and contaminants, improve the performance and longevity of your equipment or meet specific requirements for water quality, the highly trained technicians at Chardon Labs can help.

Legionella Testing Services

Legionella can be a dangerous inhabitant in a wide range of water systems, such as cooling towers, air washers and fountains. It leads to the serious illness of Legionnaire’s disease or Pontiac fever and can come from a wide range of sources, like stagnant water, permanently capped pipework and redundant or off-line pumps. You can also find it in the biofilm and slime on the surfaces of lakes, rivers and streams.

Legionella thrives in warm and wet environments, which are common in many water systems. This is why the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) established Standard 188.

This standard includes regularly scheduled Legionella testing and response guidelines identified in a water management plan. It applies to many different types of buildings based on the potential for growth and the susceptibility of the population within the building.

Buildings that must abide by the standard include those with:

• A centralized hot water heater.
• More than 10 stories.
• Inpatient health care.
• Occupants over the age of 65.
• A whirlpool or spa.
• One or more water features.
• Free chlorine over .5 parts per million.

Meeting the needs of this standard and protecting a building’s inhabitants requires frequent, regular testing. These tests can be tricky to conduct based on the way Legionella behaves. It is typically consumed by an amoeba and multiplies from within it before exploding into the water supply.

In the right conditions, it can also grow from low, undetectable levels to dangerously high levels quite quickly.

Our Methods

When we deliver our Legionella testing services to buildings in Dayton, Ohio, we work with leading testing services to provide accurate information and take the necessary steps to address the challenges inherent in working with Legionella. Our expertise includes thorough testing and Legionella control solutions through a variety of equipment and chemicals that meet the demands of your water system.

While biocides and chemicals are often sufficient, this isn’t always the case. Other approaches, like engineering solutions, inspections, cleanings and flushes, may be necessary. All of these requirements can change as operations evolve.

Chardon Labs can keep up with these changes through careful monitoring and a knowledgeable understanding of the different species and serogroups of Legionella.

In addition to control and testing, we also help with the following aspects related to managing Legionella risks:

• Education
• Risk assessment
• Water management plan development
• Implementation assistance
• Consultations
• Cooling tower cleaning

A water management plan is required by Standard 188. We can help you develop one through a comprehensive survey and risk assessment, as well as expert evaluation of the results and guidance on implementation and the best practices to use moving forward.

Boiler Water Treatment Services

Last but not least, we offer comprehensive boiler water treatment services to Dayton, Ohio, businesses. Boilers are essential in many different industrial applications, so longevity, reliability and efficiency are critical.

The biggest threats to these factors are scale and corrosion:

• Scale: Scale is a deposit made of calcium, silica and iron, which is made when impurities precipitate out of the water and harden onto the surfaces of the boiler. It insulates and reduces heat transfer efficiency and can slough off the sides, interrupting flow through pipes and causing overheating, warping and the failure of boiler tubes.
• Corrosion: Corrosion can come from several different sources but is often caused by the reaction between the chemicals in the air or water and the metal of the boiler. These reactions can cause pits and wear in the metal and eat away at the inner mechanisms. Scale can also contribute to corrosion, as it traps corrosive sodium salts present in acidic water against the metal walls.

To handle these threats and ensure your boiler runs at optimum efficiency, we offer a range of services, including:

• A free survey to determine your system status and needs.
• Regularly scheduled testing within a customized chemical treatment plan.
• Scale and corrosion prevention methods.
• Boiler care during peak use and the off-season.
• Continued maintenance at a guaranteed annual price.
• Treatments administered by ISO-certified technicians.

We supply these services to help you avoid the costs of scale and corrosion, which can add up significantly. Scale can cause uneven heat distribution, wasting energy and warping the tubes, while corrosion can lead to pitting, leaking condensate lines and steam trap failure.

These kinds of problems can create expensive repairs, downtime and reduced efficiency. With the right treatments, you can protect your boiler and your overall steam system, improving operations and equipment life.

Boiler Treatment Techniques

Controlling and monitoring for the different threats to a boiler requires several different strategies:

• Blowdown implementation: Blowdown is the process of maintaining appropriate concentration cycles via purposeful draining of feedwater out of the boiler. Then, we add feedwater with a lower concentration of dissolved solids to replace the removed water. This results in a lower concentration of dissolved minerals in the water.
• Chemicals: Adding the right chemicals to the water creates chemical reactions to consume the minerals that form scales. Water softeners, for instance, can remove iron, calcium and magnesium ions from feedwater, while sulfite can absorb high levels of dissolved oxygen that leads to pitting. Other products can effectively disperse precipitated crystals, which prevents these materials from settling and forming deposits. We have chemicals to assist with scale prevention, pH control, oxygen control and foam reduction.
• Engineering solutions: Equipment like coupon racks and contact headwater meters can help with accurate system monitoring, while controllers can automate feeds, conductivity bleeds and readouts. We might use other types of equipment too, like boiler probes, boiler blowdown solenoids and chemical pumps.

To decide which solutions to implement, we perform thorough testing of your boiler system to identify which combination of techniques offers the right type of corrosion and scale defense in that unique environment. Our technicians are highly trained in both topics and work with you to determine the best solution.