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Utilities
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
Present
Windage
Tower Recirculation
Windage Rate
Windage
Evaporation
Delta T
Evaporation
Blow down
Cycles of Concentration
Blowdown
Cooling Tower Makeup
Units
9,900
0.1%
14,256
gpm
%
gpd
9,900
0.1%
14,256
gpm
%
gpd
8
114,048
F
gpd
8
114,048
F
gpd
#
4
23,760
number
gpd
152,064
gpd
20,000
13,300
10,000
3,325
lbs/hour
lbs/hour
lbs/hour
lbs/hour
190,337
9,517
199,854
Evaporation
Utilites Wastewater
8
2,037
number
gpd
130,341
gpd
20,000
11,000
10,000
1,000
lbs/hour
lbs/hour
lbs/hour
gpd
gpd
gpd
gpd
161,995
1,000
162,995
gpd
gpd
gpd
157,081
42,845
gpd
gpd
157,081
4,037
gpd
gpd
30,000
gpd
30,000
gpd
29,000
5,000
34,000
gpd
gpd
gpd
29,000
0
29,000
gpd
gpd
gpd
Boiler
Steam Generation
Boiler Makeup
Returned Condensate
Blowdown @ 4 cycles
38,273 gpd
9,568 gpd
Sanitary
Irrigation
Water
Reduction
(gpd)
36,859
5,000
36,859