Area

Utilities Cooling Tower

Cooling Tower Equations
Value Units Value Units
Windage
Tower Recirculation 9,900 gpm 9,900 gpm
Windage Rate 0.1% % 0.1% %
Windage 14,256 gpd 14,256 gpd
Evaporation
Delta T 8 F 8 F
Evaporation 114,048 gpd 114,048 gpd
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Blow down
Cycles of Concentration 4 number 8 number
Blowdown 23,760 gpd 2,037 gpd
Cooling Tower Makeup 152,064 gpd 130,341 gpd
Boiler
Steam Generation 20,000 lbs/hour 20,000 lbs/hour
Boiler Makeup 13,300 lbs/hour 38,273 gpd 11,000 lbs/hour
Returned Condensate 10,000 lbs/hour 10,000 lbs/hour
Blowdown @ 4 cycles 3,325 lbs/hour 9,568 gpd 1,000 gpd
Cooling Tower & Boiler Inputs & Outputs
Cooling Tower Makeup + Boiler Makeup 190,337 gpd 161,995 gpd
Water Treatment Wastewaters 9,517 gpd 1,000 gpd
Total Inputs into Utilities 199,854 gpd 162,995 gpd
Evaporation 157,081 gpd 157,081 gpd
Utilites Wastewater 42,845 gpd 4,037 gpd
Sanitary 1200 people time 25 gallons/person/shift 30,000 gpd 30,000 gpd
Irrigation
Count number of heads per zone multiply by rated
capacity multiply by sprinkling time. Sum the flows
for all zones 29,000 gpd 29,000 gpd
Estimated leaks based upon engineering judgment
5,000 gpd 0 gpd
34,000 gpd 29,000 gpd
Water Reduction
After Water Treatment
Upgrade
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)
Present
Water
Reduction
(gpd)
-
-
36,859
5,000
36,859