Reading with James

What started as a personal journey to expand industrial water treatment knowledge, the Industrial Water Reading with James series shares articles from a wide range of topics to facilitate learning...drop by drop. Follow #ReadingWithJames on LinkedIn to learn more.

  1. Chlorination/Dechlorination (Page 66 of the "Reverse Osmosis Membranes Technical Manual")

  2. Sulfites for Oxygen Control

  3. Water Treatment Rules of Thumb: Myths or Useful Tools

  4. Steam Flash: Flashing Steam in Boiler Blowdown Lines

  5. Chapter 34: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Systems

  6. Boiler Water Treatment Chemicals, Feed, and Control: Perhaps It is More Complicated than We Thought

  7. Cooling Tower Inspection Tips

  8. Cleaning Your RO

  9. Determining Cycles of Concentration

  10. Corrosion Rate

  11. Water Utility Disinfection Survey Report

  12. Solution Chemistry Impact on Silica Polymerization by Inhibitors (PDF download)

  13. Langelier Saturation Index (LSI)

  14. Defoamer/Antifoam

  15. Deaeration: Why and How in Industrial Water Conditioning

  16. DPD Free Chlorine Test Method

  17. Expression of Analytical Results: PPM & EPM

  18. Speed & Stroke in Diaphragm Metering Pumps

  19. Activated Carbon Filters

  20. Water Levels in Steam Boilers

  21. Chiller Replacements

  22. Basic Calculations Necessary to Survive in the Field: Cooling Water

  23. Cation Exchange, Part 1: Back to the Basics

  24. Inspect and Repair Steam Traps

  25. How Much Water is There on Earth?

  26. Boilers: Troubleshooting of Condensate Contamination

  27. Developing Cooling Water Treatments: Part 1

  28. RO Water Chemistry and Pretreatment: Silica Scale Prevention

  29. Behavior of Silica in Ion Exchange and Other Systems

  30. Alkalinity

  31. Cooling Tower Plume Abatement

  32. Chlorine Chemistry & "Reservoir Effect"

  33. Direction of Centrifugal Pump Impellers

  34. Stack Temperature & Efficiency: The Relationship

  35. Hardness EDTA Titrimetric Method

  36. How to Select the Right Metering Pump for a Treatment Process

  37. Condensate Recovery

  38. Have You Ever Tracked the "C-Factor"?

  39. Boiler Efficiency Comparison: 4:1 Turndown & 10:1 Turndown

  40. Interactive Periodic Table of Elements

  41. Does RO Make Sense for Cooling Tower Makeup?

  42. Testing Techniques Review for Industrial Water Treaters

  43. Cooling Tower Drift

  44. Brine Regeneration Considerations in Water Softeners

  45. Saturation, Stability, and Scaling Indices

  46. Boiler Room Air Supply

  47. Boiler Bottom Blowdown Procedure

  48. Industrial Water Treatment Stories

  49. Crossflow vs. Counterflow Cooling Towers

  50. Jar Testing

  51. The 5 Most Common Sampling Mistakes

  52. How Static Charge Affects Drop Count Test Results

  53. Aluminum Corrosion