Eastern Tennessee Industrial Water Treatment Services and Solutions

Commercial water treatment plays a crucial role in many industries, including breweries, hospitals and health care facilities, plastics and many more. Superior water quality is vital in various manufacturing procedures.

Water systems like boilers, cooling towers and closed loops are vulnerable to different contaminants that can raise costs and set back operations. This makes regular water monitoring, treatment and maintenance a must.

At Chardon Laboratories, we specialize in a range of water chemical treatment solutions to maintain clean, safe and high-performing systems. We can customize an effective plan to meet your organization’s needs. If you’re looking for industrial water treatment in Tennessee, read on to explore the different services we offer.

• Commercial Cooling Tower Treatments
• Commercial Steam Boiler Treatments
• Commercial Closed Loop Systems

Commercial Cooling Tower Treatments

Cooling towers are specialized heat exchangers used in numerous industries, including food processing plants, chemical manufacturers and more. Without proper treatment and maintenance, however, the cooling system’s metal can experience impediments like corrosion, scale, white rust and biological growth.

Thankfully, Chardon Labs can tailor a cooling tower chemical treatment plan to your facility’s needs, defending against these unwanted contaminants. Our services come at a guaranteed annual price, so you can rest assured you won’t encounter any hidden or surprise fees.

Our commercial cooling tower services include:

• Testing and reporting on your system’s current status.
• Addressing problems like rust, scaling and biological growth.
• Offering ongoing maintenance at a steady cost.
• Providing heat exchanger services.

How We Solve Problems Affecting Cooling Towers

Here is a rough breakdown of these common issues and how we help resolve them:

• Corrosion: Corrosion results from a chemical reaction on the metal’s surface. When the metal is continuously exposed to water or acids, it causes oxidation that rusts, discolors and wears down the material over time. Corrosion progresses with increased water conductivity. Using a multi-step approach, a Chardon representative can help you create an epoxy protective barrier to inhibit corrosion and manage your pH levels.
• Scaling: Scale forms when water contains high levels of minerals, such as calcium carbonate. Water hardness can lead to mineral buildup, causing a variety of issues in your cooling tower. We can help manage scale in your cooling tower through chemical maintenance, conductivity monitoring and blowdown removal.
• Bacterial growth: Contaminants like fungi, algae and bacteria commonly develop in cooling towers. To reduce microbiological growth, we start by collecting water samples, then use the results to customize your chemical treatment plan. With the proper chemicals, you can continue to manage these contaminants after flushing and replacing your tower’s water.

Our International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certified technicians handle every step of the process, so you know you’ll be partnering with a capable provider. Turn to Chardon for your cooling tower water service needs.

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Commercial Steam Boiler Treatments

Boilers serve heating purposes in various industries, such as automotive, food and beverage, health care and more. They provide important applications like producing steam, heating water and maintaining accurate temperatures. Proper boiler maintenance is essential for a reliable, long-lasting heating system.

Like with cooling towers, scale and corrosion are common hindrances impacting steam boilers. These issues can raise operating costs, reduce efficiency, shorten life span and increase maintenance requirements.

Chardon Labs has the equipment, products and chemicals needed to defend your boiler from corrosion and scale. Our commercial boiler water treatment services include:

• A free survey of your current system to determine its condition and needs.
• Corrosion and scale prevention services through a customized chemical treatment plan.
• Regularly scheduled testing.
• Continued care and maintenance at a fixed rate.

Below are some methods we use to address issues that can compromise boiler systems.

1. Scale Prevention Services

Scale accumulation can cause the boiler tube to warp and rupture, reducing heat transfer and efficiency and raising bills. To prevent scaling, we implement a process called blowdown, which lowers dissolved mineral concentration by draining feedwater from the boiler. We then replace the drained water with feedwater that has a lower concentration of dissolved solids.

Our specialists also use chemicals to treat boiler feedwater systems. This process stimulates a reaction that consumes scale-forming minerals. In some instances, we also use water softeners to remove iron, magnesium and calcium ions from the feedwater.

2. Corrosion Prevention Services

Corrosion affects boilers in two main ways:

• General: General corrosion spreads across a metal component’s entire surface.
• Pitting: Pitting corrosion affects a smaller portion of the metal surface, but it typically causes more damage than general corrosion due to heavier concentration in one area.

Chardon applies high-quality chemical solutions to prevent corrosion in boilers. We use sulfite to absorb dissolved oxygen that often sparks corrosion. Additionally, we use various water treatment products to disperse precipitated crystals and particulates. This process keeps materials from settling and forming insulating deposits, which typically lead to corrosion and thermal stress.

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