New water-saving and energy-saving cooling tower designs come with concerns about change. From the owner to the engineer to the contractor, the question becomes, “Why …
Cooling Tower Design to Save the Planet: Part 3 of 4 – Save Energy
We understand the tremendous water savings available with the information provided in Part 1 & Part 2 of this cooling tower series. There is more …
Cooling Tower Design to Save the Planet: Part 2 of 4 – Cycles of Concentration
The combination of water usage and energy usage in open loop cooling towers are a significant cost to owners. Owners are faced with tremendous water …
Cooling Tower Design to Save the Planet: Part 1 of 4 – Drift Eliminators
The combination of water usage and energy usage in open-loop cooling towers is a significant cost to owners. There are ways to reduce the waste …
Open Cooling Tower Pump Suction Piping Part 3
We continue to look at air issues and swirling issues in this third segment of cooling tower pump suction piping. We also provide you …
Open Cooling Tower Pump Suction Piping Part 2
Centrifugal pumps find open cooling tower applications are the toughest duty there is in hydronic cooling systems. We are always concerned about the pressure at …
A Cooling Tower Choice Solves Water Quality Issues and Saves the Planet
What’s lurking in your traditional open cooling tower basin? There is increasing concern about the sediment build-up, algae growth, and bacteria growth in open cooling …
Open Cooling Tower Pump Suction Piping Part 1
Centrifugal pumps find open cooling tower applications are the toughest duty there is in hydronic cooling systems. Pumps do best with piping systems that provide …
Open System Curves in Hydronic & Plumbing Systems
System curves give insight into energy analysis, pump operation, and control setting analysis. Unlike closed hydronic systems, open systems rarely have a system curve that …
Waterside Economizers Part 7: Tower Side Temperatures
The waterside economizer is normally a gasketed plate heat exchanger. There is chilled water on one side and cooling tower water on the other side …