Metraflex LPD Y strainer
Metraflex LPD Y strainer

Parallel Pumping in Condenser Applications: Automatic Differential Pressure Control (Part 3)

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Chilled water condensers are normally operated as constant-flow devices and the pumps serving them are constant-speed. Why would you ever use a variable-speed drive for …

Griswold Wafer
Griswold Wafer

Parallel Pumping in Condenser Applications: Limiting the Flow Rate (Part 2)

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In part 1 of this series we offered an example condenser water pumping system. The design of this example is 800 GPM per condenser for a …

Open Cooling Tower Systems – An External Water Treatment Example

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External water treatment in cooling tower systems will save labor and operational costs. It also saves the planet by reducing your clients’ dependance on chemicals …