Corrosion in open and closed cooling water systems causes serious damage to the equipment and reduces its lifetime and efficiency. With Kurita’s effective corrosion inhibitors you prevent such damage. Thus, you avoid enormous costs for new tubes and heat exchangers and you reduce the necessary repair and energy expenses.

Kurita provides corrosion inhibitors for open and closed cooling water systems. Depending on the type of cooling water we select the suitable corrosion inhibitor. A perfect corrosion inhibition not only includes the selection of the right actives but also the control of all relevant water parameters. Kurita’s precisely adjusted treatment concepts and efficient monitoring systems care for an optimized conditioning of your system.

Besides the traditional corrosion inhibition, we also provide products to control pitting corrosion, under deposit corrosion and microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC). These types of corrosion are prevented by our corrosion inhibitors together with our patented polymers, biocides and bio-dispersants.

We control the success of our treatment online with state-of-the-art technologies. Besides the use of conventional corrosion coupons, Kurita is also able to determine continuously the corrosion rate and the pitting potential. This allows a rapid intervention in case of increasing corrosion rates. Furthermore, Kurita analyses corrosion damage to find and remedy its root cause.

Scaling of calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, biofouling and other deposits reduce the efficiency of open and closed cooling water systems. Recovery of the cooling performance requires a time-consuming and costly cleaning. To prevent scaling and deposition of minerals and solids Kurita provides a wide range of scale inhibitors based on phosphonates, special polymers and specifically developed, patented active components.

One of the main benefits of the Kurita products is their extraordinary dispersion effect on iron oxides and solids. Deposits and mineral scaling are prevented completely and an unhindered heat transfer to the heat exchanger is ensured. Our products further eliminate the risk of under-deposit corrosion. Complying with the often strict discharge regulations, Kurita also provides phosphate-free products which completely inhibit scaling and deposits even in cooling waters with a high hardness, a high pH and high temperatures.

Besides the chemical cooling water treatment, Kurita has the necessary know-how to design and efficiently use fresh water treatment and side-stream filtration.

Biofilm and biofouling jeopardize open and closed cooling water systems. By reducing the heat transfer, biofilm diminishes the cooling performance and thus increases the risk of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC). This form of corrosion can quickly lead to critical damage and to drastically reduced plant availability.

Pathogenic microorganisms in the cooling water, in particular legionella, have become a major public concern in recent years. High concentrations of legionella in the cooling water constitute a hazard for humans and may seriously harm through legionellosis (Legionnaires Disease) and Pontiac fever. Equipment and whole plants with such a potential health risk must be shut down.

Kurita offers a large quantity of oxidizing and non-oxidizing biocides to prevent biofilm formation and biofouling from occurring. Besides the traditional products, we emphasize in particular our highly effective treatment concept based on the Dilurit^® BCS system. The additional use of biodispersants for biofilm removal and prevention of biological deposits is especially successful in systems with a high biofouling potential. 

*Attention: Use biocides safely. Always read the label and product information before use.