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    Cooling towers evaporate a small amount of recirculated water to provide cooling, requiring makeup water. For each ton of cooling capacity, approximately 1.8 gallons of water evaporates per hour, equivalent to 0.03 gallons per minute. As dissolved solids remain in the recirculating water, makeup water equal to evaporation and bleedoff is needed, up to a maximum of 0.06 gallons per minute per ton or about 2% of the nominal tower flow rate. A table provides the capacities, evaporation rates, nominal flows, and maximum makeup rates for various Advantage Power Tower Series models.

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    Cooling towers evaporate a small amount of recirculated water to provide cooling, requiring makeup water. For each ton of cooling capacity, approximately 1.8 gallons of water evaporates per hour, equivalent to 0.03 gallons per minute. As dissolved solids remain in the recirculating water, makeup water equal to evaporation and bleedoff is needed, up to a maximum of 0.06 gallons per minute per ton or about 2% of the nominal tower flow rate. A table provides the capacities, evaporation rates, nominal flows, and maximum makeup rates for various Advantage Power Tower Series models.

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    Subject: Water Make-Up Requirements of Cooling Towers #6-A-262 12/7/2001

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    Cooling towers evaporate a small amount of recirculated water to provide cooling, requiring makeup water. For each ton of cooling capacity, approximately 1.8 gallons of water evaporates per hour, equivalent to 0.03 gallons per minute. As dissolved solids remain in the recirculating water, makeup water equal to evaporation and bleedoff is needed, up to a maximum of 0.06 gallons per minute per ton or about 2% of the nominal tower flow rate. A table provides the capacities, evaporation rates, nominal flows, and maximum makeup rates for various Advantage Power Tower Series models.

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    SUBJECT: WATER MAKE-UP REQUIREMENTS OF COOLING TOWERS

    #6-A-262

    12/7/2001

    Evaporative cooling towers, like the ADVANTAGE Power Tower Series, provide cooling by evaporating a small amount of the recirculated process water flow. Approximately 1,000 BTUs are required to evaporate .12 gallons of water. Therefore, every tower ton (15,000 BTU/hr) requires approximately 1.8 gallons of water evaporation, or .03 gpm/ton. As water evaporates in a cooling tower system, the water vapor enters the atmosphere while any dissolved solids remain behind, building concentration in the remaining water. Most water treatment systems control this concentration by bleeding off the high concentration water, which is made up by fresh city water with a lower solid concentration. The amount of water that is bled off by the water treatment system is usually less than or equal to the amount of water that evaporates. Therefore, the maximum normal water makeup for a cooling tower system is .06 gpm/ton, or about 2% of the nominal tower flow rate.

    ADVANAGE

    TOWER

    MAXIMUM

    NOMINAL TOWER

    MAXIMUM WATER

    ADVANAGE

    MODEL #
    Power Tower Series

    CAPACITY
    expressed in TONS

    EVAPORATION
    at design capacity (GPM)

    FLOW RATE
    (GPM)

    MAKE-UP
    at design capacity (GPM)

    MODEL #
    Power Tower Series

    TC-45F TC-85F TC-105F TC-135F TC-170F TC-210F TC-270F TC-405F TC-540F

    45 85 105 135 170 210 270 405 540

    1.35 2.55 3.15 4.05 5.10 6.30 8.10 12.15 16.20

    135 255 315 405 510 630 810 1215 1620

    2.7 5.1 6.3 8.1 10.2 12.6 16.2 24.3 32.4


    Maximum includes evaporatoration and bleedoff.

    TC-45F TC-85F TC-105F TC-135F TC-170F TC-210F TC-270F TC-405F TC-540F

    ADVANTAGE Engineering, Inc. 525 East Stop 18 Road Greenwood, IN 46142 317-887-0729 fax: 317-881-1277 web site: www.AdvantageEngineering.com email: sales@AdvantageEngineering.com
    original created 12/07/01 2001 ADVANTAGE ENGINEERING, INC.

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