03-08: Cooling Tower Emissions Quantification Using The Cooling Technology Testing

03-08: Cooling Tower Emissions Quantification Using The Cooling Technology TestingEvaporative cooling towers serve the heat rejection needs of a wide variety of industries. In a typical cooling loop, water is pumped through a steam condenser, chiller, or heat exchanger to a cooling tower, which rejects the heat to the atmosphere. In the majority of cooling towers, a fan on the top of the tower is used to induce an air stream against the falling water droplets. As the air comes in contact with the water, a small fraction of the

CleanAir Engineering was contracted by the Cooling Technology Institute to conduct research regarding the suitability of two new candidate pitot designs for water flow rate measurements

Field-testing over an 18-month period has identified two viable approaches to zero-blowdown (high eyolo) operation

This document details the measured test parameters

air leakage

Precise knowledge of the heat transfer and pressure drops both on the steam side and airside

combined-cycle power plants

High cycle operation

how it is applied

lowering environmental impact

organic compounds and microbes from the water phase showed visible precipitation in parts of the recirculation system

General introduction to cooling tower drift

with a view to improve sustainability