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Case Example Calculations
Cooling Tower
Cooling Tower Equations Tower Makeup = Evaporation + Windage/drift+ Cooling Tower blow down Makeup * Xm = Evaporation * 0+ Windage * Xb+ Blow down * Xb Blow down = (Windage* (Xb/Xm-1)-Evaporation)/(1-Xb/Xm) Value Units
Value
Units
Present Windage Tower Recirculation Windage Rate Windage Evaporation Delta T Evaporation Blow down Cycles of Concentration Blowdown Cooling Tower Makeup 9,900 0.1% 14,256 gpm % gpd
8 114,048
F gpd
8 114,048
4 23,760 152,064
8 2,037 130,341
Boiler
Steam Generation Boiler Makeup Returned Condensate Blowdown @ 4 cycles 20,000 13,300 10,000 3,325 lbs/hour lbs/hour lbs/hour lbs/hour 38,273 gpd 9,568 gpd 20,000 11,000 10,000 1,000 lbs/hour lbs/hour lbs/hour gpd
Sanitary
1200 people time 25 gallons/person/shift Count number of heads per zone multiply by rated capacity multiply by sprinkling time. Sum the flows for all zones Estimated leaks based upon engineering judgment Water Reduction
30,000
gpd
30,000
gpd
Irrigation
29,000 0 29,000
36,859
5,000 36,859