Cooling tower units
Cooling tower units
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We got two cooling towers with same capacity in the plant. Initial plan was to operate them independently but these towers have come with equalizers and flume lines.
Is it efficient to operate the towers independently or together as one unit? There is no float v/v and make up water connection for one tower. I can fabricate and order floating v/v from Marley though. Your help will be appreciated.
Kunal
Is it efficient to operate the towers independently or together as one unit? There is no float v/v and make up water connection for one tower. I can fabricate and order floating v/v from Marley though. Your help will be appreciated.
Kunal





RE: Cooling tower units
In some instances you have to run your towers separately - especially if you have significantly different temperature rises, or if you have potential contamination.
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RE: Cooling tower units
There are no diffrent temperature rises here. Maximum in summer will be 95 deg F. If we run them as one unit, we have to shutdown both the units for maintenance which leave me without cooling water for the plant. Preventive maintenance of this tower during annual s/d will keep us away from unschedule tower maintenance?
RE: Cooling tower units
RE: Cooling tower units
Can anybody tell me how do we calculate wind load? My vendor has given the value (50psf) though.
RE: Cooling tower units
By temperature rise I meant the difference between the supplied and returning water. For example, fermenters can require a set temperature close to your cooling water temperature, but the driving force is very small. In this case the cooling water may heat up by as little as 2 or 3 degrees C on its way through the cooler and back to the tower. On the other hand, a condenser on a distillation unit may allow the water to heat up by as much as 10 degrees C. Mixing these two returning stream would not be efficient.
Katmar Software
Engineering & Risk Analysis Software
http://katmarsoftware.com
RE: Cooling tower units
RE: Cooling tower units