Evaluation of Water Quality Influence on Power Plant Cooling System

In the power plants water is widely used in many technological processes. In order to generete electricity is necessery to have constant access to sources of fresh water with its appropriate physical and chemical properties. This work present analysis of parameters in cooling water for maintenance of proper operating parameters of power plant. Cooling water quality can affect power plant performance. In this work water in selected close cooling systems was evaluated for their chemical constituents. Each constituent was analyzed individually to determine possible influence of the maximum allowable concentration on cooling plant perfomrance. Selected water quality parameter was correlated using Pearson coefficient to connect infuence of make-up water to system water parameter. Maintaining water balance, betweent both are the greatest challenges for water in power plant cooling efficiency improvment.