Cooling Tower Calculations

Parameter Recirculation Rate (RR) Delta T (dT) Concentration Ratio (CR) System Capacity Units gpm Degrees F cycles gallons ppm (CaCO3) ppm (CaCO3) ppm (CaCO3) Typical = .00085 gpm gpm MMLB/day gpm gpd ppm (CaCO3) hours #/day Gal/day 0.00085 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! 0.00085 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! (Case #1) (Case #2) Metric Units Recirculation Rate M^3/hr Degrees C cycles M^3 ppm (CaCO3) ppm (CaCO3) ppm (CaCO3) Typical = .00085 M^3/hr M^3/hr Tons (kg)/Day M^3/hr M^3/day ppm (CaCO3) hours kg/day Liters/day SMIC 2,000 5 3.5 160 88 108 380 0.00085 15 6 146 21 510 308 18 0 0 0.00085 0 0 0 0 0 0 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Make Up

(Case #2)

I N P U T

Make-Up Calcium Make-Up Alkalinity Tower Target Alkalinity Evaporation Constant (EC) Evaporation Rate

C A L C U L A T I O N S

Blowdown Rate (BD) Blowdown Rate Make-Up Rate Make-Up Rate Tower Calcium Holding Time Index Acid Feed Acid Feed

Evaporation

Make Up

Blowdown

Recirc.Rate

FORMULAS
Approximately 0.85% of Recirc. Rate is Evaporated per 10 F (5.6 C) Delta T Evaporation = RR * dT * EC Blowdown Flow Rate = Evaporation / (CR-1)

Make-Up Flow Rate = Evaporation + Blowdown Tower Calcium = Make-Up Calcium * CR HTI = 0.0116 * (Gallons Capacity/ gpm BD) (metric) =0.693*System Capacity/BD Rate Acid Feed = (MU Alk.- (Target Alk./CR))*MU Flow