Welcome to Drop by Drop, the 2024 podcast segment where we wander, explore, think about, imagine, and learn industrial water treatment…you guessed it…drop by drop…together! Listen to the Scaling UP! H2O podcast to hear each week's segment or just use the titles below to spur thoughts and learn more. #DropByDrop
1/5/24: Journey of RO feedwater to concentrate
1/12/24: What if a cooling tower's blowdown valve gets stuck open?
1/19/24: The carbonic acid, bicarbonate, and carbonate distribution as a function of pH
1/26/24: Challenge - Test the phosphate in your makeup waters
2/2/24: ASME quote about importance of boiler pretreatment
2/9/24: What happens when the cooling tower conductivity reaches setpoint?
2/16/24: What if your test kit freezes?
2/23/24: What if a large steam usere in a facility suddenly calls for steam?
3/1/24: Challenge - Clean up your customers' water treatment areas
3/8/24: Hydrogen bonding
3/15/24: Thinking about RO and water "macro molecules"
3/22/24: Challenge - Send handrwritten notes to those who have helped you
3/29/24: RO Normalization and time travel analogy
4/5/24: What if an operator opens and closes the boiler bottom blowdown valve in the wrong order?
4/12/24: Thinking about safety
4/19/24: What if the acid feed stops working on a cooling tower system?
4/26/24: Challenge - Draw a process flow diagram of your water system
5/3/24: What if a cooling tower blowdown gets stuck closed?
5/10/24: Thinking about the proper order of corrosion coupons
5/17/24: Reading the "Summary of Methods and Interferences" section of test procedures
5/24/24: What if you sneak in to an account, do service, and sneak out without seeing anyone?
5/31/24: Challenge: Test free chlorine in a cooling tower immediately and again an hour later from the same open sample