Corrosion can prove catastrophic. In the third installment of our cooling tower series, author Brad Buecker points out that he witnessed the aftermath of a steam condenser left open for a month during maintenance, with cooling water remaining in the tubes. Visual inspection revealed thousands of pinhole leaks in the tubes, forcing a unit shutdown. In lighter news, I finally updated the Comical Processing cartoon. – Traci Purdum, Editor-in-Chief
