Makeup to Blowdown Relationship

Links the water balance to the solids balance. Derived from the solids mass balance by rearranging M x C_makeup = B x C_tower.

$$M=B\times \text{COC}$$

Variables

Symbol	Meaning	Unit
M	Makeup rate	gpm
B	Blowdown rate	gpm
COC	Cycles of concentration	dimensionless

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Part of The Blueprint of Water