06-03: Large Scale Mechanical Equipment Replacement - Simple Steps for Success Fire Protection

06-03: Large Scale Mechanical Equipment Replacement - Simple Steps for Success Fire ProtectionFaced with multiple gear reducer failures on two large cooling towers, an international power generation facility replaced 28 sets of rear reduction drives and supporting structure with new, upgraded equipment. A description of the unique nature of this large scale equipment replacement project provides the reader with several key steps to insure success on construction products of a similar nature.

Reynolds number sensitivity

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The discussion will be limited to an open recirculation cooling water system

) were introduced as structural components of water cooling towers about twenty-five years ago

Conventional water maintenance methods include chemicals and regular blowdowns

Power quality issues as it relates to VFD's with reference to a study by EPRI in 1996

improved operational efficiency

Protection of water as a natural resource requires that its quality and availability be carefully regulated

It was found that seawater cooling towers can satisfy the cooling needs of large-scale petrochemical development in the hot humid Gulf region

load and sheet thickness

The combination wet/dry tower produces the desirable invisible plume of the dry cooling tower while maintaining the high thermal efficiency of the wet cooling tower

and short and long term accountability for performance in vendor/user partnership after bid has been awarded