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makeup water

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makeup water [′mā‚kəp ‚wȯd·ər]
(chemical engineering)
Water feed needed to replace that which is lost by evaporation or leakage in a closed-circuit, recycle operation.

makeup water
Water which is supplied (as to a steam boiler or cooling tower) to compensate for losses by evaporation and leakage.


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Water evaporated in the cooling tower is replaced by city makeup water via float-controlled valves in the tower sumps.
The quench tank should have good agitation and sufficient makeup water to reduce the temperature rise in the tank.
Ozone's Modus Operandi The first step in the process (see Figure 1) involves discharging approximately eight gallons of water per person to waste, along with replacing the discharged water with equal volumes of makeup water into a surge tank.
 
 
 
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