4.1.

5 Fill and Fill Supports

The fill shall be of film fills and shall consist of formed PVC material. The fill material shall be capable of
withstanding temperature upto 55 Deg.C without damage or permanent distortion. The sheet thickness of the fill
media shall be uniform with a minimum of 0.25mm. The fill media shall be UV stabilized. SUPPLIER to furnish the
fill material properties and the material standards along with fill characteristics curves and pressure drop curves.
The fill shall be supported by MS HDG/GRP grid specially provided for this purpose. Movement or sagging of fill
assembly shall be prevented. The fills shall be arranged properly and of suitable size for easy erection and removal.

4.1.6 Drift Eliminators

The drift eliminators shall be designed to keep the drift loss to a maximum of 0.005 percent of the circulation rate.
The air pressure drop across the eliminators shall be kept to a minimum by providing a proper number of air flow
direction change across the eliminators. The water collected in the eliminators shall be returned to the tower basin
and shall not mix with the discharge air stream. Eliminators shall be of multipass Herring bone type or angular
honey comb arrangement or cellular type. The drift eliminators shall be of PVC material.

4.1.7 Water distribution system

The hot water shall be distributed to the fill from the PVC hot water distribution header located inside the cooling
tower. SUPPLIER to note that the air pressure drop due to the above arrangement has to be taken care in the fan
power calculation and cooling tower design. The hot water will be further distributed through PVC lateral pipes and
gets sprayed over the fills using non-clog type polypropylene spray nozzles. The PVC distribution header & lateral
pipes shall be as per the latest edition of IS: 4985. The wall thickness of the lateral pipe shall be minimum Class 3.
The lateral pipe shall be provided with plastic end plugs for inspection and cleaning. The PVC hot water distribution
header shall be provided with MS terminal flange as per ASME B 16.5 Cl 150.

4.1.8 Fan stack

The Fan stack shall be of FRP with core stiffener and safety mesh. The fan stack shall be of proper shape for
efficient operation and performance of the fan. The fan stack shall be of self supporting structure designed to
withstand the wind load without external support ties or cable brackings. The height of the stack shall be sufficient
to recover the velocity and discharge the humid air at a sufficiently high level to minimise recirculation. The
minimum clearance between the stack and the fan blades shall be maintained along the entire periphery of the
stack to prevent the rubbing of fan blades while rotating.