Free Diagnostic Tool

Cooling Water Program Analyzer

Enter your makeup and system water analyses to assess cycles of concentration, scale risk at heat transfer surfaces, and corrosion risk — in under 2 minutes.

This tool provides a first-principles screening assessment. It does not replace saturation modeling software or a full program review.

Unit Settings

Select your preferred input units before entering water analyses.

Water Analysis

Enter your makeup (source) and cycled (system) water analyses. Enter 0 or leave blank for unmeasured parameters.

Ion Reported As Note Makeup Water
(mg/L)
Cycled Water
(mg/L)
Calcium as CaCO₃
Magnesium as CaCO₃
Total Alkalinity (M-Alk) as CaCO₃ Bicarbonate + Carbonate
Chloride as Cl⁻
Sulfate as SO₄²⁻
Silica as SiO₂
Iron (Total) as Fe
Phosphate (Total) as PO₄ Leave blank if not measured
Sodium as Na⁺
Potassium as K⁺ Optional
TDS mg/L (always) Optional — used for cross-check only
pH standard units Required for LSI / RSI

Temperature

Used for LSI calculation at heat transfer surface. LSI at bulk water temperature understates scale risk.

If unknown, add 20°F (11°C) to exit temperature above. Skin temperature drives scale formation — not bulk water temperature.

Program Questions

Answer to enable accurate CoC consistency checks and contextual warnings.

Do you feed acid for pH control?
Do you feed chlorine or a chlorine derivative (bleach, BCDMH, trichlor, stabilized chlorine, etc.) as a biocide?
Do you feed any inorganic, complex, or organic phosphate as a corrosion/scale inhibitor?

All calculations are performed locally in your browser. No data is stored or transmitted unless you request a free review.

Analysis Results

Summary Flags & Warnings

Cycles of Concentration

CoC calculated per ion. Conservative (non-precipitating) ions — Cl, SO₄, Na — establish the reference CoC. Deviations ≥5% in reactive ions indicate potential precipitation or other consumption.

Ion Makeup (mg/L) Cycled (mg/L) CoC Notes / Flags

LSI at Skin Temperature

−3 (corrosive) 0 (balanced) +3 (scale)

Ryznar Stability Index (RSI)

Silica Assessment

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