Dose, treat, protect & separate

Process & Water Chemistry

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Stoichiometry at Scale

  • L1
    Reading the label
    which number is a mole, a molarity, a mass percent
    Start
  • L2
    The mole machine
    a weighed mass, converted into moles and into particles
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  • L3
    Molarity, asked every way
    C = n/V solved for the strength, the moles, or the volume
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  • L4
    The dilution line
    C₁V₁ = C₂V₂, from the stock drum to the day tank
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  • L5
    Gases in the vessel
    PV = nRT, and the 22.4 L shortcut at STP
    Start
  • L6
    Yield on the batch record
    what the sheet allowed against what the drier delivered
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  • L7
    Titration morning
    the burette reading, equivalents, and the number 50
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  • The Batch Sheet
    the boss · no calculator · mass to moles to volume to yield
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Chlorination & Disinfection

  • L9
    Dose, demand, residual
    one sum rules every chlorination problem
    Start
  • L10
    The pounds formula
    lb/day = mg/L × MGD × 8.34 — the operator's daily bread
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  • L11
    Hypochlorite arithmetic
    available chlorine strength scales every product weight
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  • L12
    The breakpoint curve
    the chlorine-to-ammonia ratio that clears the hump
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  • L13
    CT credit
    residual times contact time, corrected by the baffling factor
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  • L14
    Log kill
    what 3-log means, and what it never means
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  • L15
    Decay in the main
    first-order loss between the plant and the far hydrant
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  • The Compliance Morning
    the boss · no calculator · dose the plant, earn the CT, log the kill
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Hardness, Alkalinity & Softening

  • L17
    Everything as CaCO₃
    one common currency for every ion in the water
    Start
  • L18
    Grains per gallon
    the 17.1 bridge, and what happens when it is crossed backwards
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  • L19
    The alkalinity ledger
    the water's buffer, and the acid feed that trims it
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  • L20
    Conductivity to TDS
    one factor, two prefixes, and the scale that runs upside down
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  • L21
    Sizing the softener
    grains in, grains of capacity — the bank account of ion exchange
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  • L22
    Salt and efficiency
    the brine draw, and the leakage it buys
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  • The Softener Commissioning
    the boss · no calculator · test the water, size the bed, set the clock
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Cooling Towers & Boilers

  • L24
    Cycles of concentration
    evaporation leaves the salts behind
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  • L25
    Evaporation, blowdown, makeup
    one balance, three outfits
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  • L26
    Range and approach
    two differences, and only one grades the tower
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  • L27
    Dosing the loop
    from a dose on paper to litres in a jug
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  • L28
    The holding time index
    how long a slug survives in a bleeding system
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  • L29
    Boiler cycles
    the same arithmetic, with steam playing evaporation
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  • L30
    Condensate comes home
    what the returns save, and what the trap throws away
    Start
  • The Tower Survey
    the boss · no calculator · read the meters, close the balance
    Start

Corrosion & the Water Quality Indices

  • L32
    The Langelier index
    pH minus pHs — will this water scale or bite
    Start
  • L33
    Ryznar and Puckorius
    two practical rewrites of the same saturation question
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  • L34
    The Larson–Skold ratio
    chloride and sulphate against alkalinity — the mild-steel verdict
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  • L35
    Coupon mathematics
    weight loss to mils per year, and the wall life it predicts
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  • L36
    Current into metal
    corrosion current as a penetration rate, and the galvanic push behind it
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  • L37
    Cathodic protection
    size the anode mass and current for the life the tank needs
    Start
  • L38
    Choosing the alloy
    PREN from the mill certificate — will this stainless pit
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  • The Corrosion Survey
    the boss · no calculator · index the water, weigh the coupon, call the remaining life
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Clarifiers, Filters & the Sludge Line

  • L40
    Detention time
    volume over flow — how long the water actually stays
    Start
  • L41
    Overflow and solids loading
    the two rates that size every clarifier
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  • L42
    Settling by Stokes
    the settling velocity a particle can actually manage
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  • L43
    The filter run
    loading rate, backwash volume, and the percent the wash costs
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  • L44
    The jar test
    scale the winning jar up to the full plant flow
    Start
  • L45
    BOD on the books
    mass loading, removal efficiency, and the town in population equivalents
    Start
  • L46
    Feeding the bugs
    F/M and sludge age — the two dials of activated sludge
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  • L47
    SVI and the return line
    sludge volume index, and the RAS rate that keeps the blanket down
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  • The Plant Walkdown
    the boss · no calculator · headworks to aeration in one pass
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Separations & Absorption

  • L49
    Volatility first
    alpha above 1, or no column at all
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  • L50
    The column balance
    mass in equals mass out, and the split is fixed before anything else
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  • L51
    Reflux and boilup
    the two ratios that set how hard the column works
    Start
  • L52
    Counting stages
    Fenske's floor, Gilliland's bridge, and the efficiency that buys real trays
    Start
  • L53
    Operating lines
    rectifying, stripping, and the q-line that joins them
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  • L54
    The packed tower
    height equals HTU times NTU, and where each number comes from
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  • L55
    The Kremser count
    stages for an absorber, straight from the absorption factor
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  • The Scrubber Quotation
    the boss · no calculator · quote the tower from solubility to height
    Start

Thermal Kill: D, z and F

  • L57
    The D-value
    one decimal reduction — the time to kill ninety percent
    Start
  • L58
    Counting log cycles
    from a million spores to one — how many D-values is that
    Start
  • L59
    The z-value
    the temperature rise that cuts D tenfold
    Start
  • L60
    The F-value
    equivalent minutes at the reference temperature
    Start
  • L61
    Hotter or longer
    trade temperature against time and keep the same kill
    Start
  • The Retort Run
    the boss · no calculator · D to z to F, one canning cook end to end
    Start

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