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HIGHLY-EFFICIENT
Biocide Performance
for Smaller System
Cooling Towers
No system modifications,
no pump concerns
Dramatically reduce
handling hazards
are necessary.
biocide level.
on dependable performance.
Tablet trial #1
Three SUMP BUDDY WT TimeRelease tablets were used to maintain a continuous 30 ppb level of
active biocide for an 11-day period
(August 12th through August 22nd).
Tablet trial #2
September 29th).
In all three trials, water samples
In cooling tower
tests, the continuousrelease delivery of
SUMP BUDDY WT
Time-Release tablets
performed 10 times
better than liquid
DBNPA, while using
less biocides.
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2 Tablets/500 Gallons
5 Tablets/500 Gallons
in operating systems.
199,771
10 5
11,411
10 4
10 3
7,118
DBNPA
Liquid Trial
Tablet
Trial #1
Tablet
Trial #2
10 7
10 6
596,865
73,273
10 5
10 4
DBNPA
Liquid Trial
Tablet
Trial #1
53,773
Tablet
Trial #2
10 6
1 Tablets/500 Gallons
10 8
10 7
10 6
10 5
769,000
DBNPA
Liquid Trial
100,909
183,086
Tablet
Trial #1
Tablet
Trial #2
procedures.
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18
three weeks.
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6
16
14
4
12
10
2
0
0
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Width (Feet)
1
Note: If the water depth is more or less than one foot, the number of tablets should be adjusted proportionately.
Example: If the tower is 14 feet long and eight feet wide, use three tablets every three weeks.
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Compatibility cautions
three-week schedule.
However, mercaptobenzothiazoles
See Note
0.058 ft/sec
200
100
0.26 ft/sec
0
0
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12
14
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18
20
Time (Days)
Note: in the study at 0.058 ft/sec, the experiment was shut down for a weekend; the tablets were allowed to dry and lost
weight. The tablets quickly rehydrated when the experiment was restarted. Note that this upset had very little effect on
dissolution rate.
surrounding objects.
the product.
or cause corrosion.
To avoid accelerated tablet erosion,
The film is water soluble, and will dissolve approximately five minutes after
the tablet is placed in water.
Printed in U.S.A.