Harbs, D
is a Senior Technical Consultant at Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions with 26 yr of refining chemical treatment experience. He has treated all aspects of refinery chemical applications, including process side antifoulants, corrosion inhibitors, desalters, fuel additives, cooling towers and steam systems, as well as primary and secondary wastewater treatment. Harbs has co-authored numerous published papers on topics such as reactor bed fouling treatment, the successful treatment of cooling towers using reclaimed water, the development of new cooling tower corrosion inhibitors, and heat exchanger monitoring. He resides in Southern California with his wife and two sons
Hydrocarbon process industrial water reuse: Qualifying the ins and outs for optimum results
Water reuse within a particular industrial facility is not a new idea. Power industry facilities operating in arid areas have been designed to be “zero liquid discharge” (ZLD) for more than 20 yr.
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