THE EPRI STATE-OF-THE-ART COOLING WATER-TREATMENT RESEARCH-PROJECT - A TAILORED COLLABORATION PROGRAM

The EPRI Tailored Collaboration State-of-the-Art Cooling Water Treatme nt Research Program has been initiated with several electric utility p articipants. Started in January 1995, the program will provide O&M cos t reduction through improved cooling water system reliability and oper ation This effort is discussed along with the objectives and goals, th e participants and project timetable. The program will provide three ( 3) main results to the participating utilities: cost effective optimiz ation of cooling water treatment, production of a new Cooling Water Tr eatment Manual and updating of two (2) EPRI software products - SEQUIL and COOLADD. A review of the specific objectives, project timetable a nd results to date will be presented.