Preventing the risk of legionellosis in cooling towers.

Prévenir le risque légionellose dans les tours aéroréfrigérantes.

Author(s) : CoSTIC, GdF, BEAUMONT C., FELDMANN C., LAGOGUE J., et al.

Type of monograph: Other

Summary

This document brings together the indications needed when selecting a tower, and provides valuable assistance for designers of the cooling and water treatment circuits and those in charge of maintenance operations. It also brings together recommendations designed to prevent Legionella growth, to monitor the installations and to ensure efficient preventive maintenance. Extract from the table of contents: cooling towers (classifications, description and choice of components, installation of the towers); Legionella, legionellosis; water (scaling, corrosion, water treatment stations, water circuits, physicochemical parameters of water); operating cooling plants (maintenance, periodical disinfection, emergency decontamination, protection of persons); regulatory aspects; 4 summarizing files.

Details

  • Original title: Prévenir le risque légionellose dans les tours aéroréfrigérantes.
  • Record ID : 2004-2609
  • Languages: French
  • Publication: Sedit - France/France
  • Publication date: 2003/05
  • Source: Source: 79 p. (21 x 29.7); fig.; phot.; tabl.; ref.; EUR 48.34.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.