This manual provides a compendium of successful, readily applicable techniques which you can utilize to improve the performance of any cooling tower. Authored by noted authority Robert Burger, this practical handbook covers internal elements of towers and shows you procedures for upgrading them for both energy savings and enhanced profitability of operations. You will find out why many cooling towers in operation today have been poorly designed and operated. You will learn specific methodologies to improve performance, produce colder water, and circulate a greater volume of water in the same tower. Topics include thermal performance, water distribution, water treatment, maintenance, inspection, drift elimination, and operating concepts.
• The common denominator
• Basic fundamentals
• Counterflow vs crossflow
• Water distribution
• Drift eliminators
• Thermal evaluation
• Air management
• Structural analysis
• Natural draft cooling towers
• Importance of the wet bulb temperature
• Siting
• Winter operation
• Maintenance
• Inspection for profit
• Fan wreck prevention
• Operating concepts
• Bid evaluation
• Field inspection
• Redwood in cooling towers
• Rebuilding for profit
• Appendices
• Index