chlorine cylinder Articles
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ClorTec™ On-site Disinfection Helps Ensure Safety at British Columbia Water Treatment Facility
Constructed in 1997, the District of Chetwynd Water Treatment Plant (British Columbia, Canada) treats nearly 2,500 cubic meters of water per day using gas chlorination as its primary form of drinking water disinfection. With recent concerns about the safety of chlorine gas, including potential eye, skin and respiratory irritation and the risk of death with high exposure, the district elected to ...
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Emergency equipment for the absorption of chlorine in hospitals - Case Study
Chlorine is a strong oxidant that in normal conditions and in its pure state formsdichlorine, a toxic gas with a yellow-greenish colour formed by diatomic molecules (Cl2) that are about 2.5 times heavier than air and have an unpleasant smell. Among its multiple applications and due to its powerful oxidising nature, it is widely used forwater purificationin sewage treatment plants and as a ...
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ClorTec® An Operational Profile of a Pennsylvania Water Treatment Plant’s On-site Hypochlorite Generating System
For more than 30 years, on-site generation of sodium hypochlorite has been a key process in water treatment for municipal and industrial applications. The benefits of the on-site generation process over chlorine gas and bulk hypochlorite have been well documented and include: Eliminate bulk storage of hazardous chemicals Reduce risk to plant personnel because of drastically eliminate ...
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Treatment Plant Upgrade Includes Conversion to On-Site Sodium Hypochlorite Generation to Ease Operations and Increase Safety Case Study
The City of Malambo is part of a larger metropolitan area located in the northern Atlantic region of Colombia, just south of Barranquilla. Malambo’s municipal area is roughly 38 square miles and home to over 125,000 residents. The region enjoys a rich agricultural history due to the fertile Magdalena River Delta. The cultivation of cash-rich crops like cotton, rice and yucca have helped to ...
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Gas Detectors Can Ensure Chlorine Safety in Swimming Pools
In April 2019, six people became sick after being exposed to chlorine gas at a hotel pool in India, because one of the chlorine gas cylinders, which had been stored improperly, began to leak, exposing swimmers to chlorine gas. In June 2019, some 50 pool patrons became ill after a pump malfunction leaked chlorine gas at an indoor pool in Utah. These are not isolated events. According to the ...
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Project - Emergency Equipment for Chlorine Adsorption in Hospitals
Chlorine is a strong oxidant that under normal conditions and in its pure state forms dichlorine, a yellow-greenish toxic gas formed by diatomic molecules (Cl2) about 2.5 times heavier than air, with an unpleasant and toxic odor. Among its many applications and due to its strong oxidizing character, it stands out especially for being a compound widely used in water purification in WWTPs ...
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Chlorine gas protection - Case Study
Application As part of a scheme to bring safe drinking water to 1.5 million people in Omdurman City, part of Greater Khartoum, Biwater International was appointed by the Government of Sudan to undertake a major turnkey design and construction project. Chlorine is the conventional means of water disinfection, so Biwater brought in ERG to design and manufacture the emergency gas scrubbing package ...
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Profile of Ozone/Bromine Sanitation Systems for City of Tucson Municipal Pools
Due to the inherent risks associated with the use of chlorine gas as a sanitizer for the City of Tucson’s twenty-six municipal swimming pool sites, I found myself in search of an alternative water sanitation method. The challenge was clear; find a system that would be safer to manage than gas chlorine, yet yield the same favorable sanitation and water quality results. Since all the sites ...
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Case study: KLORIGEN™ system performance
Des Moines Water Works (DMWW) plays a key role in providing the city of Des Moines and other communities in central Iowa with a safe, clean and healthy water supply. The DMWW operates two water treatment plants in central Iowa, one on Fleur Drive in Des Moines and the second one at Maffitt Reservoir, located southwest of the metropolitan area. Des Moines Water Works is an independently operated ...
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