On today’s episode we welcome Jim Lukanich, a former AWT board member, he is a Certified Water Technologist (CWT) and the director of applied technology with U.S. Water. Jim won the Ray Balm Memorial Water Treater of the Year award in 2008. Jim describes himself as a short guy, about 59 years old, he runs, bikes and swims and just happens to be a water treater. Jim has been in the water treatment industry since 1981, he comes with a great deal of experience over the years and he has a big interest in microbiology and chemistry. Jim and his wife, alongside their nine rescue cats and two rescue dogs live in Grapevine, Texas. Episode 10: Show Notes In this episode we’re going to talk a little bit about closed loop systems, what you need to know and how they are the step child of the water treatment community. Jim Lukanich also joins us to share some need-to-know things about water treatment. Closed Loop Systems The close loop is just as important as that cooling tower loop and you know what that tower looks like when you don’t feed a microbiocide, well it’s a lot easier to see, of course we’ve got a more dynamic system with the cooling tower and sunlight might be getting in but we have things that are growing in the close loop as well. Give the closed loop the respect that it deserves and give your profession the respect that it deserves. If you are going to take care of a customer’s systems, make sure that you’re completely taking care of all of the customer’s systems. Treat for all four areas of water treatment: scaling, corrosion, microbial fouling and taking the dirt and debris out of the system. Key Points From This Episode:
Clarifying Points Jim mentioned the issues with PTSA and TTPC. To clarify PTSA stands for para toluenesulfonic acid and is used as a product tracing. TTPC stands for tributyl tetradecyl phosphonium chloride. The most well know TTPC is Bellacide 355. Tweetables: “Try to keep learning; never stop learning.” — @jlukanich [0:21:10.0] “I think the secret to becoming a world class water treater is to never stop learning.” — @jlukanich [0:22:37.0] “Microbiology plays a major role in all types of depositions. Most important.” — @jlukanich [0:29:53.0] “My biggest failure is my failure to recognize any of my failures.” — @jlukanich [0:55:25.0] Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Jim Lukanich - http://www.uswaterservices.com/ Jim on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jlukanich US Steel - https://www.ussteel.com/ Nalco - http://www.nalco.com/ Buckman Laboratories - https://buckman.com/ Chem Cal - http://www.uswaterservices.com/chemcal-website-redirect Tom Peters - http://tompeters.com/ The Primal Scream - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Primal_Scream Tastes great, Less Filling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=argdPEmD9bI AWT Training - https://www.awt.org/education_events/technical_training.cfm Pyxis - http://www.pyxis-lab.com/ H2tronics - http://www.h2tronics.com/