80-08: Common Misconceptions Concerning Cooling Tower Performance Cleaning Systems

80-08: Common Misconceptions Concerning Cooling Tower Performance Cleaning SystemsThis paper demonstrates rather pointedly that cooling tower performance and operation is not so straightforwardly simple as it many times is thought to be. These misconceptions or "Old Cooling Tower Tales" can cost you money in all phases of dealing with cooling towers.

The tests and results for the analyses are discussed

In a typical cooling loop

sessile and planktonic bacteria testing as well as photos of the cooling tower fill and testing of the chiller performance

Periodic inspections of mechanical and structural components by knowledgeable personnel are critical in maintaining and performance of the tower

Products are available for both the commercial and middle-market segments that deliver the convenience and consistent activity that is much valued in these market segments

Some of the difficulties and anomalies encountered when computing separate heat and mass transfer coefficients from wet cooling tower fill test data are presented

For this reason larger projects are requiring more back-to-back cooling tower configurations

This standard sets forth the minimum retentions and penetrations to be obtained

This paper will discuss the analysis of these waters and instrumentation that allows careful monitoring to be achieved

To tackle this problem

Wohlberg showed that freshly corroding metals are effective in removing

Conventional alkaline treatments utilize phosphonate for calcium carbonate scale control and azole (tolyl triazole) for copper corrosion inhibition