Evaporative cooling systems
The cooling system may consist of a cooling tower, evaporative condenser or other cooling element, the re-circulating pipe work, the heat exchanger, pumps and ancillary items such as supply tanks and pre-treatment equipment.
If you have a cooling tower or evaporative condenser, you should put in place appropriate measures to prevent or control the risk of legionella as described in Legionnaires' disease: The control of Legionella bacteria in water systems Otherwise, other measures need to be put in place to prevent or control the risk from legionella and must be as equally effective.
- Types of evaporative cooling equipment (paras 1.13-1.21)
- Management of evaporative cooling systems (paras 1.22 – 1.31)
- Design and construction
- Commissioning
- Management of cooling systems
- Operation
- Maintenance
- Requirements of a cooling water treatment programme (paras 1.32 – 1.74)
- Microbial control
- Corrosion control
- Scale control
- Fouling control and physical cleanliness
- Conventional chemical water treatment
- Biocides
- Alternative treatment techniques
- Inspection, cleaning and disinfection (paras 1.75 – 1.113)
- Cleaning and disinfecting a cooling system
- Inspecting a cooling system
- Interpreting the findings of the inspection
- How clean does the cooling tower pack need to be
- Cleaning and disinfection procedure
- Monitoring water quality (paras 1.114 – 1.129)
- General monitoring and analysis
- Monitoring for Legionella