Corrosion Monitoring System listens for damaging noise.

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CoolSIM(TM) on-line cooling water management tool measures electrochemical noise that takes place with transfer of electrons that create corrosion. This allows facilities to monitor system corrosion, pitting, and fouling in real time, under actual flow and heat transfer conditions, and therefore optimize chemical treatment programs. It recognizes when corrosion and pitting begin to occur in heat exchanger, and when corrosion and pitting activity stop.




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Real-time Monitoring Of Corrosion, Pitting And Fouling Brings Optimum Performance To Industrial Cooling Water Systems



Cutting edge CoolSIM(TM) Corrosion Monitoring & Control Technology provides value-driven solutions for industrial cooling water systems.

BRADLEY, Ill., May 21, 2002 -- USFilter's Stranco Products introduces the CoolSIM(TM) Corrosion Monitoring & Control Technology, a new on-line cooling water management tool that for the first time allows facilities to monitor system corrosion, pitting, and fouling in real time and under actual flow and heat transfer conditions. Cutting-edge CoolSIM performance-based technology provides value-driven solutions for controlling corrosion in industrial cooling water systems.

The corrosion, pitting, and fouling (or clogging) of industrial cooling water heat exchangers result in loss of heat transfer performance and, eventually, failure of these critical units. CoolSIM performance-based technology recognizes when uniform corrosion and isolated pitting begins to occur in a heat exchanger and provides real-time data as to the severity of these conditions. Just as importantly, CoolSIM performance-based technology recognizes when corrosion and pitting activity have stopped. This and other vital data bring effective cooling water system management because plant personnel can now proactively manage their systems based on real-time performance information, rather than having to react to after-the-fact data based on conventional procedures such as corrosion coupon and bulk water analysis.

This new technology is based on the measurement of electrochemical noise (ECN), a phenomenon that takes place with the transfer of electrons that create corrosion. CoolSIM performance-based technology measures this noise as it occurs under actual flow and heat transfer conditions and translates the raw data into meaningful performance data, providing real-time uniform corrosion and pitting detection, as well as accurate monitoring of fouling. CoolSIM performance-based control technology can optimize chemical treatment programs to deliver maximum performance and protection by shortening response time, which is a must in today's value-driven industrial facilities.

CoolSIM control technology reacts to changes in performance, thereby providing real-time adjustment to the water treatment program. Corrective action is automatically taken, and system integrity is managed even under varying operational conditions. With CoolSIM performance-based monitoring technology, personnel can now plan maintenance activities based on real-time heat exchanger conditions rather than based simply on a schedule. Personnel can also shorten the time to take corrective action because undesirable conditions, such as pitting, are detected immediately.

USFilter's Stranco Products is a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of proprietary chemical feed and monitoring systems and technologies for cooling water and industrial process applications - from simple chemical metering pump skids to complex, state-of-the-art computer-integrated systems.

United States Filter Corporation, a Vivendi Environnement company, is North America's largest water company providing comprehensive water and wastewater systems and services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers. Vivendi Environnement (Paris Bourse: VIE and NYSE:VE), comprised of Vivendi Water (worldwide water products and services), Onyx (solid waste and industrial services), Dalkia (energy management), Connex (transportation and logistics) and FCC (Spanish company engaged in environmental and construction related industries), is the largest environmental services company in the world with more than 295,000 employees, including FCC, in about 100 countries and annual revenues of more than $25.6 billion. Visit the company's web sites at www.usfilter.com or vivendienvironnement-finance.com.

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