I'll give you a completely different an answer than you expect.
Why a stainless steel floor in a cooling tower? Isn't that an unnecessary luxury?
Of course, the problem is corrosion, but the water circulating through a cooling tower is never that corrosive so as to need a stainless steel basin, unless your case is a very very special one. In this case, and just for information and to learn something new, I'd like to know what it consist of.
It's not uncommon that cooling towers suffer corrosion problems, but they can be overcome using far less sophisticated and expensive materials.
On Power magazine, September 2001 issue, page 24, it is explained how the corrosion problem in a cooling tower in Austin, TX, was solved by applying a polyurethane coating made by Bayer Chemical Corp. of Pittsburgh. The name of the product is Baytec SPR.
If you want more information, contact www.bayer.com
Giovanni S. Crisi
Sao Paulo - Brazil
hi Gyadon ,
If you want to pickle the plates this may help you. Use nitric and hydrofluoric acid mix. the common formula is 5 to 25% of 65% strength nitric acid and 1 to 3 % of 50% hydrofluoric acid. This is usually done for about 15 minutes at 50 degrees centigrade . The final stage is always rinsing with water at about pH 6-7.
Regards
James
hi Gyadon ,
If you want to pickle the plates this may help you. Use nitric and hydrofluoric acid mix. the common formula is 5 to 25% of 65% strength nitric acid and 1 to 3 % of 50% hydrofluoric acid. This is usually done for about 15 minutes at 50 degrees centigrade . The final stage is always rinsing with water at about pH 6-7. Passivation for annealed or cold worked non reflective surface is nitric acid 67% strength 20-50% volume .
Regards
James