COOLING TOWER PERFORMANCE TEST (ID CT)

Manual Input Sheet

STATION: REPORT DATE:

UNIT: TEST DATE:

TEST DATA TEST VALUE UNITS

Average Hot Water Temperature T HOT WATER 42.00 C
Average Cold Water Temperature T COLD WATER 32.00 C
Average Inlet Air WBT T WBT 25.00 C
Average Wind Velocity V WIND 3.00 Meter / sec
Actual KW of Fans during Test (Average) P Act 65.00 kW
No. of Cells in Service during Test 10 No.
DESIGN DATA
Design CT Flow (90 %) 29790 T/Hr
Design CT Flow (100 %) 33100 T/Hr
Design CT Flow (110 %) 36410 T/Hr
Design Cold Water Temperature (C) 32.00 C
Design Range of Cooling Tower (C) 9.00 C
Design Approach of Cooling Tower (C) 5.00 C
No. of Cells Design 9 No.
Design KW of Fans P Des 59.00 kW
CW Duct Inner Dia (ID) 2.60 meter
PITOT CONSTANT DATA
Pitot Constant 1.03
DATA DERIVED FROM MANUFACTURERS CURVE

Expected Cold Water Temperature : 90% From CT [90%]

Flow T COLD WATER - 90% 29.00 Characteristic curve
Expected Cold Water Temperature : 100% From CT [100%]
Flow T COLD WATER - 100% 30.00 Characteristic curve
Expected Cold Water Temperature : 110% From CT [110%]
Flow T COLD WATER - 110% 31.00 Characteristic curve

Important Notes:
1 For Flow calculation, manometer values to be entered in Xmin and Ymax in cm of water
2 For cells "U 14" & "W 14" the formula to be modified as per the formula in the curve "Va
3 To find out the predicted CT flow proceed as follows:
Select cell "W 14", go to tools menu and and select the Goal seek option.
In the goal seek menu in the second row put the actual test cold water temperature value
In the third row of the goal seek menu select cell "V 14" and click OK
 3 PORT HYDRAULIC PITOT TRAVERSE

CW Duct CT # - Vertical Test Port CW Duct CT # - Horizo

Xmin Ymax Xmin Ymax

cm of cm of DP cm Velocity cm of cm of DP cm
S.No wcl wcl of wcl m/sec wcl wcl of wcl
1 75.00 81.50 6.50 82.20 93.00 10.80
2 73.00 83.50 10.50 82.10 92.80 10.70
3 72.80 84.00 11.20 81.00 93.80 12.80
4 73.50 82.50 9.00 81.60 94.00 12.40
5 73.50 82.50 9.00 81.80 94.00 12.20
6 74.00 81.50 7.50 82.00 93.00 11.00
7 73.00 83.00 10.00 82.00 93.20 11.20
8 72.00 84.50 12.50 82.20 92.80 10.60
9 73.00 83.00 10.00 81.80 93.50 11.70
10 72.30 83.50 11.20 82.50 92.50 10.00
11 72.00 84.20 12.20 82.00 92.50 10.50
12 72.80 83.80 11.00 81.00 94.50 13.50
13 72.00 84.50 12.50 81.20 94.50 13.30
14 72.20 84.50 12.30 81.00 94.50 13.50
15 71.00 85.50 14.50 81.00 95.00 14.00
16 71.00 85.00 14.00 81.00 95.00 14.00

10.87 1.51 12.01

Avg CW Velocity [m/s] = 1.54 Total CW Flow [Tons/Hr] =

of water column (In columns "I", "J", "N" & "O")

urve "Variation between CW flow vs Expected Cold Water Temperature"
ture value

9.81
2
19.62
0.442945
0.9418
0.417165

0.4568
1.03128
# - Horizontal Test Port

Velocity CW Flow
m/sec T/Hr
29790 29.00
33100 30.00
36410 31.00
29,534 28.86 40000 32.00

1.58
ns/Hr] = 29,534.48
 Variation Between CW Flow Vs Expected Cold
Water Temperature

31.50

31.00
f(x) = 0.000302114803625 x + 20
cted Cold Water Temperature [C]

30.50

30.00

29.50

29.00
Expected Cold Water Temperature [
30.50

30.00

29.50

29.00

28.50

28.00
29000 30000 31000 32000
CW Flow 33000
Rate 34000 35000 36000 370
[Tons/Hr]
 CW Flow Vs Expected Cold
e

0302114803625 x + 20
32000 33000
ow Rate 34000 35000 36000 37000
[Tons/Hr]
 COOLING TOWER PERFORMANCE TEST (ID CT) - REPORT

STATION: REPORT DATE:

UNIT: TEST DATE:

FIELD TEST PARAMETERS UNITS TEST VALUE

Average Hot Water Temperature C 42.00
Average Cold Water Temperature C 32.00
Average Inlet Air WBT C 25.00
Average Wind Velocity m/sec 3.00
COMPUTATION OF EXPECTED COLD WATER TEMPERATURE
Average Inlet Air WBT C 25.00
Average CW Cooling Range C 10.00
Expected Cold Water Temperature : 90% Flow C 29.00
Expected Cold Water Temperature : 100% Flow C 30.00
Expected Cold Water Temperature : 110% Flow C 31.00

Expected Cold Water Temp: Actual Flow C 28.86

CORRECTION IN EXPECTED COLD WATER TEMPERATURE DUE TO WIND
Correction factor due to Wind Velovity C 0.32
Expected Cold Water Temp C 29.18
RESULTS DESIGN EXPECTED ACTUAL
Cold Water Temperature (C) 32.00 29.18 32.00
Cooling Range of Cooling Tower (C) 9.00 12.82 10.00
Approach of Cooling Tower (C) 5.00 4.18 7.00

Cooling Tower Effectiveness (%) 64.29 75.43 58.82

No. of Cells Design 9

No. of Cells in Service during Test 10
TOWER CAPABILITY
Measured CW Flow (T/Hr) Q Meas 29534.48
Predicted CW Flow corres.to Test Cold Water Temp. Q Pred. 40000.00
Design KW of Fans P Des 59.00
Actual KW of Fans during Test (Average) P Act 65.00
Adjusted CW Flow (T/Hr) Q Adj 25737.44
Tower Capability % 64.34
 Wind Increase in
Velocity CW Temp - Wind Velocity Correction Factor
m/sec Deg C
0.833 0
1 0 0.6
2 0.12
f(x) = 0.150003273260861 x − 0.134166970923201
0.5
3 0.38

CW Temp rise (C)

4 0.5 0.4
5 0.57
0.3
Average Wind Velocity (m/sec) 3.00
0.2
Increase in Cold Water Temp 0.3 0.1
0
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5
Wind Velocity (m/sec)
rection Factor

60861 x − 0.134166970923201

3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5

city (m/sec)