Cooling Tower Running in Winter Season
Cooling Tower Running in Winter Season
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Hi,
I have a question on choosing cooling tower or dry cooler. It is required that the cooling tower through the winter season. But it may have some freezing issues. I am thinking separate the sump and locate it indoor and put the cooling tower at the highest point of the building. So, when the cooling tower is operating in winter, the water will fall back to sump by gravity and the sump is kept above freezing point all time. The cooling tower fans can run reversely to defrost the ice outside the pipes.
Could someone having more experience with cooling tower give me some suggestions on this? Thank you so much!
I have a question on choosing cooling tower or dry cooler. It is required that the cooling tower through the winter season. But it may have some freezing issues. I am thinking separate the sump and locate it indoor and put the cooling tower at the highest point of the building. So, when the cooling tower is operating in winter, the water will fall back to sump by gravity and the sump is kept above freezing point all time. The cooling tower fans can run reversely to defrost the ice outside the pipes.
Could someone having more experience with cooling tower give me some suggestions on this? Thank you so much!





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The problem with dry coolers, apart from the cost, is that the performance in summer peak conditions can be pitiful.
Closed loop evaporatively cooled towers can be run with glycol, they cost more than open towers but the performance is much better than dry coolers in summer.
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One more question:
For open loop cooling tower system, if it is not running 24/7, would you drain the water out of pipes in winter when the cooling tower is not running? or keep the pump running and just bypass the water?
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