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PART 7 - SECTION 1 S.S. 1.2 :PROCESS EQUIPMENT
PROCESS MANUAL (DATA BOOK) COOLING TOWER
CONTENTS
1 COOLING TOWER TYPE™.
1.1. Natural-Draft tower’
1.2 Mechanical-Dratt tov
2 COOLING TOWER:DESIGN
pf cooling water
2.2 Terhperatures S
2.3,"Estimation of water flow rates.
4. Power consumption i
‘Tower dimensions“
3 EXTRAPOLATION Of THE OPERATING CONDITIONS OF AN EXISTING
COOLING TOWER.
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1 COOLING TOWER TYPE
Natural draft towers are lsu:
nuclear and thermal ™gowes” plants
because their thermal “gapacity is very
high for a tow operating.cos. Water flow
rales are in the range. of 400 000 m2fh
Smaller “than“‘natural-dratt — towéts,!
mecharsealaitaft: towers can faitdie.
cooling” Waler* flow rates of 8p: to”
2506.<7%h per unit.
There are _several
mechanicai-draft towers
-Forced-draft towers.-faj"."The fan is
mounted laterally at the Base éf the tower
‘and air is forced through thé packing.
-Induced-raft. towers : The fan is
mounted at the.top of the tower , sucking
air up throtigi:the packing. The airhwater
heat exchange‘ js usually in counter-flow
basis {6)i.In“ofoss-flow basis (c), the
power consiimetion of the fan is lower but
the taweiis' more voluminous.
AWet-chi¥ towers : Including a dry exchanger (air cooler type) at the top of the tower, the
“hybrid” or “wet-dry" towers limit fogging and plume abatement. More expensive,
voluminous and energy consuming than other types, they should only be installed where
specifically required by the client or authority to reduce plume (visual impact) or risk of
ice formation in very cold environment.P-tana Torr
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2 COOLING TOWER DESIGN
The following sections allow to do 2 preliminary design of the
cooling tower and its electrical equipment. ‘
24 CHOICE OF COOLING TOWER
The type of tower can be vetted in the following table, Se¥vpral solutions can often be
accepted. .
INDUCED-DRAFT
Plume limitation 7
Icing imitation ye
Exist in pre-mmounlad package 5 yes yes
- | -integraiéa basi Se" | upto400mmh | up te 400 mem
~ extefnal bast upto 1400 msn | up to 1400 mh
GassRew'r m0 yes
|. 2. FRans Secessiiity yes 0
~ | Exetel dimensions reduced reduced
2.2 TEMPERATURES...
Wet bulb tempetaiuié WB and dry bulb temperature DB of air are fixed by the plant
location and are ysuaily given in a Project general specification.
Hot water tetnperatiire HWT and cold water temperature CWT are usually imposed by
the client Fnot, the following initial approach shall be followed
+ HWT’shail be as high as possible (max. 45 °C) with a reasonable temperature
~(@pproach from the process fluid to be cocled.
“CWT shall be 10 to 15 °C lower than HWT (AT= HWT - CWT = 10 to 45 °C)
Take a temperature approach a= CWT - WB = 5 °C (a should not be fess than 3 °C
for a mechanical-draft and 8 °C for a natural-draft tower)
+ Verify that the efficiency 7 is greater than 85% ; if not increase AT or decrease a
HWI-CWT _ __aT
HWI-WE “AT +a
(STal= values of (10:5) oF (125
preliminary study.
are commonly used and can be considered in aGE 32 0
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2.3 ESTIMATION OF WATER FLOW RATES,
concentration in make-up water. The ratio may vary between 2
quaiity of make-up water (6 to 8 for demineralised make-up water)"
E, (mish) = Q.aT 1580-0
Q, recirculated water fidw raizrin
2.4 POWER.CONSUMPTION
+ _Absbrbet! power ofthe recirculation pump
If the! pressure drop in the cooling water header is known, the absorbed power can
-b8: calculated as for any centrifugal pump with a pump efficiency taken as 75% ; if
not the power can be estimated from the formulae below :
+ Small installation : Pass (KW) :0.12Q
+ Industrial complex: Pas (KW): 0.24 Q
* Fan power consumption :
P (kW) = 0.06. Q
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2.5 TOWER DIMENSIONS
+ Tower
As a first approaétj-iwes height is 10 m abae the Basin and the load is 11 m’/h per
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3 EXTRAPOLATION OF THE OPERATING CONDITIONS OF AN IG COOLING
TOWER
Based on diagram 7 and knoiymg that the “reting factor*“i"inverSely proportional to
water flow rate for a given jOwer.it is possible to detepriiie nel operating conditions
when one parameter is changed:
10°C = 18°F
=5°C=9°F
VRE = 2.15
WB'=-20 *C'= 68°F, hence
+ AThe diagram indicates a rati
+ The diagram indicates Sporoximately a = 5°F= 28°C
Hence, CWT= WB + a =20 + 2.8 = 22.8°C and HWT = 22.8 + 5.
‘n'diagram indicates an approach a = 10°C = 5.6 °F
Henes' CWT = WB + a = 20 + 5.6 = 25.6 °C and HWT = 25.6 + 10
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