62-05: Sizing Cooling Towers to Optimize Plant Performance TestingBecause of the direct impact that a cooling tower has on the system in which it is to be used, there is a great need to specify a cooling tower to optimize the system. Essentially, the question is, "How Big?" A larger cooling tower will supply colder water to the system but will also use more power (both in pumping and in the fans), cost more, use more real estate and cost more to install (in foundation, wiring, switchgear, controls, etc.).
Dosage optimization requires sounds mathematical models for inhibitor dosages
Structural analysis may be required to evaluate structural capacity
and winding up on your program
Multiple case histories covering the following cooling tower waters are included: 1) Unsoftened surface or well water makeup
environmental constraints
including known hazards and causes and the difference between repairable and unrepairable deterioration
Power plants that incorporate Air Cooled Steam Condensers (ACC’s) offer significant water savings over power plants using traditional evaporative cooling technologies
Included are typical ranges of cooling water quality
One of the most significant advances started during the middle 1960's when the organophosphates were introduced commercially
Along with laboratory data
Chemicals that make up free halogens like Chlorine
In almost any water treatment application
