Diagrams

Small, focused pictures. Each one explains a single mechanism. Open the one that answers the question in front of you, instead of staring at the whole field at once.

Foundations

• Dimensional Analysis Chain for a Glass of Water (Building Blocks)
• Hydrogen Bond Network and Water Behavior (Building Blocks)
• Ionic versus Covalent Bonding Decision (Building Blocks)
• Mass, Moles, and Particles Translation (Building Blocks)

Water’s Behavior

• Dissolution as a Thermodynamic Negotiation (The Solvent)
• Ion Risk Categories on a Lab Report (The Solvent)
• Iron Speciation and Fouling Chain (The Solvent)
• The Three Fates of Matter in Water (The Solvent)

The Threats

• Corrosion Control Decision Tree (Corrosion)
• Passivation Ceasefire and Film Saboteurs (Corrosion)
• Pitting Feedback Loop (Oxygen Differential Cell) (Corrosion)
• The Four-Component Corrosion Cell (Corrosion)
• Biofilm Lifecycle (Microbiology)
• Biological Control Decision Tree (Microbiology)
• Chlorine Speciation and pH Effectiveness (Microbiology)
• Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Cell (Microbiology)

Systems and Control

• Diagnostic Cascade: Lost Blowdown Control (The Pillars of Water Treatment)
• Mass Balance Boundary (Four Questions) (The Pillars of Water Treatment)
• The Four Pillars and Their Couplings (The Pillars of Water Treatment)
• pH Drift Cascade in a Cooling Tower (The Pillars of Water Treatment)
• Condenser Fouling Failure Cascade (Cooling Things Down)
• Cooling Tower Mass Balance (Cooling Things Down)
• The Cooling Chain: Building to Atmosphere (Cooling Things Down)
• Vapor-Compression Refrigerant Cycle (Cooling Things Down)
• Cause Over Symptom: Low Sulfite Diagnosis (The Blueprint)
• Free Body Diagram for a Water System Component (The Blueprint)
• The Blueprint Method (diagnostic procedure) (The Blueprint)
• The Four Pillars as Interacting Forces (The Blueprint)