Investigation of the treatment of the cooling water in the glass industry

In this study, the treatment of the cooling water was investigated in order to prevent corosion in the pipes of the water system in Trakya Cam Industry, Tarsus-Mersin Factory. For this, water samples were taken from the cooling water and a test work was applied. The fisrt method conducted was flocculation and some flocculants having different type and molecular weight were used. The results show that, using only ultrafiltration %71 of the microorganizms were removed from the cooling water. Later, using Magnafloc-1011 in the flocculation tests %63 of the microorganizms were removed from the cooling water. Finally, flocculation-ultrafiltration experiments were carried out and the results show that %83 of the microorganizms could be removed from the cooling water. Key Words: Cooling water, ultrafiltration and flocculation