Introduction to Cooling

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CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION TO COOLING TOWERS

QUESTION 1
What is drift?

a) Water discharged to remove high mineral content system water, impurities and sediment.
b) Droplets of water entrained in the air leaving the top of the tower, or blown from the side of
the tower by crosswinds.
c) Water needed to replace all water losses due to evaporation, leaks or discharge etc.

QUESTION 2
Cooling towers minimize thermal pollution of natural water heat sinks and allow the reuse of water
within the system.

a) True.
b) False.

QUESTION 3
What is the term for solids that cannot pass through a two-micrometre filter?

a) Cycles of Concentration (COC).

b) Total Dissolved Solids (TDS).
c) Total Suspended Solids (TSS).

QUESTION 4
What do high cycles of concentration directly correlate to?

a) Low make-up water usage and low blowdown volumes.

b) High make-up water usage and low blowdown volumes.
c) Low make-up water usage and high blowdown volumes.
d) High make-up water usage and high blowdown volumes.

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QUESTION 5
Concerning latent heat, which of the following statements are true? There may be more than one
correct answer.

a) Latent heat is a type of energy released or absorbed during heat exchange.

b) Latent heat relates to energy absorbed or released due to a substance’s change in phase/state
i.e. from liquid to gas, or liquid to solid etc.
c) Latent heat relates to energy absorbed or released due to a substance’s change in
temperature.
d) Latent heat is only relevant for solids and liquids.

QUESTION 6
The amount of energy a substance contains reduces when:

a) Changing phase from a less dense to a denser state i.e. a gas to liquid, or, liquid to solid.
b) Changing phase from a denser to a less dense state i.e. a solid to liquid, or, liquid to gas.

QUESTION 7
When water molecules evaporate, the surrounding water molecules are cooled, but do not
evaporate. What is the name of this process?

a) COC cooling.
b) Sensible cooling.
c) Water cooling.
d) Evaporative cooling.

QUESTION 8
What form of air temperature measurement do cooling tower designers use when designing a
cooling tower?

a) Wet bulb temperature.

b) Dry bulb temperature.

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QUESTION 9
A cooling tower's ability to reject heat is strongly influenced by ambient air conditions, particularly
temperature and pressure.

a) True.
b) False.

QUESTION 10
What is the stack effect?

a) The natural movement of a gas due to temperature -and consequently density- differences.
b) The process of rejecting a specific amount of heat from the cooling tower to air.

QUESTION 11
Which of the following equations are correct? There may be more than one correct answer.

a) Cycles of Concentration = Make-up Water Volume / Blowdown Water Volume

b) Make-up Water Volume = Blowdown + Evaporation + Leakage + Windage +Drift
c) Cycles of Concentration = Evaporation Volume / Make-up TDS.
d) Make-up Water Volume = Blowdown + Windage +Drift.

QUESTION 12
What cooling tower component is used to prevent air and/or water flow between adjacent cooling
tower cells?

a) Fan Deck.
b) Plenum.
c) Overflow.
d) Partition.

QUESTION 13
What is a drive shaft?

a) A component, including couplings, which transmits power from a driver to a load.

b) A component that supplies power to rotate a fan or pump.
c) A component used to induce or force air flow through a cooling tower.
d) A component used to regulate an electrical motor’s frequency (Hz).
QUESTION 14
What is the name of the component where heat exchange within a cooling tower takes place?

a) Fill.
b) Speed Reducer.
c) Sump.
d) Plenum.

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CHAPTER 2 – COOLING TOWER CATEGORIES

QUESTION 15
Which towers use air to generate a cooling effect?

a) Dry towers.
b) Wet towers.
c) Cross-flow towers.

QUESTION 16
Natural draft towers are designed to move air vertically upwards through the tower structure with
the use of fans.

a) True.
b) False.

QUESTION 17
Which cooling tower design uses a fan or series of fans to force air through the tower?

a) Natural draft.
b) Electrical draft.
c) Mechanical draft.

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QUESTION 18
A cooling tower with a fan installed before the fill, is referred to as a:

a) Induced draft tower.

b) Forced draft tower.

QUESTION 19
What type of cooling tower design is shown in the image?

a) Counter-flow.
b) Cross-flow.
c) Parallel-flow.

QUESTION 20
Closed circuit systems differ from open circuit systems in that the medium being cooled circulates
through the tower structure in coils/tubes, whilst the cooling tower water recirculates only in the
tower structure itself. In this case, the cooled medium is not exposed directly to air, but the cooling
tower water is.

a) True.
b) False.

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QUESTION 21
Concerning natural convection (natural draft) cooling towers, which statement is true?

a) They always require at least one fan.

b) They function on the basic principle that hot air rises (the 'stack effect').
c) They are always of the counter-flow design.

QUESTION 22
A cooling tower with a fan installed after the fill is a:

a) Forced draft cooling tower.

b) Induced draft cooling tower.
c) Natural draft cooling tower.

CHAPTER 3 – COOLING TOWER DESIGNS

QUESTION 23
A cooling tower is usually mix of various design features e.g. wet or dry, counter or cross-flow,
mechanical or natural draft etc.

a) True.
b) False.

QUESTION 24
Which tower design draws air in through louvres, across a fill, through the drift eliminator and out
through the fan located at the top of the tower?

a) An induced draft cross-flow cooling tower.

b) A forced draft cross-flow cooling tower.
c) A natural draft cross-flow cooling tower.
d) A forced draft counter-flow cooling tower.

QUESTION 25
What tower design uses the principle of convection to provide air flow?

a) Induced draft cooling tower.

b) Natural draft cooling tower.
c) Forced draft cooling tower.

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QUESTION 26
Concerning natural draft towers, which statement is true?

a) Natural draft towers are not very tall.

b) Natural draft towers are cheap to construct.
c) Natural draft towers are only used for applications where a large constant cooling
requirement over many years is required.

QUESTION 27
Natural draft counter-flow cooling towers have a much more stream-lined appearance than cross-
flow natural draft towers because they are not surrounded by fill and drift eliminators.

a) True.
b) False.

QUESTION 28
Which type of tower is shown in the picture?

a) Forced draft counter-flow cooling tower.

b) Induced draft cross-flow cooling tower.
c) Natural draft cross-flow cooling tower.
d) Natural draft counter-flow cooling tower.

QUESTION 29
Which tower design tends to favour splash bars?

a) Counter flow.
b) Cross flow.

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QUESTION 30
Which type of heat exchanger has a higher heat transfer rate, but is much more susceptible to
fouling, scaling and microbiological growth?

a) Splash bars.
b) Film fill.

QUESTION 31
Which component(s) minimise drift losses? There may be more than one correct answer.

a) Louvres.
b) Splash bars.
c) Film fill.
d) Drift eliminators.

CHAPTER 4 – COOLING TOWER FANS

QUESTION 32
What type of fans are used by large industrial cooling towers?

a) Centrifugal or axial fans.

b) Axial fans.
c) Axial, centrifugal or cross-flow fans.

QUESTION 33
For what application are you likely to use cross-flow fans?

a) Large industrial cooling towers.

b) Small to medium sized cooling towers and HVAC systems.
c) Small air conditioning units.

QUESTION 34
Which fan design has a high flow rate, low discharge pressure and consumes little energy when in
operation?

a) Axial fan.
b) Centrifugal fan.
c) Cross-flow fan.

QUESTION 35
What type of fans are often referred to as blowers?

a) Axial fans.
b) Centrifugal fans.
c) Cross-flow fans.

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QUESTION 36
Concerning centrifugal fans, which statement is correct?

a) Centrifugal fans have a more constant flow rate compared to axial fans.
b) Centrifugal fans consume less energy when in operation compared to axial fans.

QUESTION 37
The cross-flow fan design has a long thin body that is well suited for creating constant low pressure
laminar flow.

a) True.
b) False.

CHAPTER 5 – WATER PROPERTIES

QUESTION 38
What pH level is neutral?

a) 7.5.
b) 6.0.
c) 7.0.

QUESTION 39
Hardness refers to the presence of:

a) Acid neutralising or acid buffering minerals in the water.

b) Dissolved calcium and magnesium in the water.

QUESTION 40
Sulphuric acid and hydrochloric acid can be used to control a cooling water system’s alkalinity.

a) True.
b) False.

QUESTION 41
Water’s ability to conduct electricity can be measured by its…

a) pH.
b) Hardness.
c) Conductivity.
d) Alkalinity.

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CHAPTER 6 – COOLING TOWER CONCERNS

QUESTION 42
In a cooling tower water system, nozzles installed closer to a pump will discharge more water than
nozzles installed further away from a pump. What problem does this create?

a) Corrosion in areas supplied with too much water.

b) Bacterial growth.
c) Irregular water distribution and a loss of efficiency.
d) Wall water.

QUESTION 43
If dissolved minerals in the cooling water system do not remain soluble, which problem may occur?

a) Bacterial growth.
b) Scaling.
c) Fouling.
d) Corrosion.

CHAPTER 7 – TOWER WATER TREATMENT

QUESTION 44
What are the characteristics of a chemical-free water treatment program? There may be more than
one correct answer.

a) Flexible across a broad pH range.

b) Comparatively high operating costs.
c) Undesirable by-products.
d) Very effective at disrupting and eliminating biological activity in the treatment zone.

QUESTION 45
Typical controlled parameters of automation systems include conductivity monitoring, blowdown
frequency, pH adjustment, and real-time chemical monitoring and dosing.

a) True.
b) False.

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ANSWERS
1. B 27. A
2. A 28. C
3. C 29. B
4. A 30. B
5. A/B 31. A/D
6. A 32. B
7. D 33. C
8. A 34. A
9. B 35. B
10. A 36. A
11. A/B 37. A
12. D 38. C
13. A 39. B
14. A 40. A
15. A 41. C
16. B 42. C
17. C 43. B
18. B 44. A/D
19. A 45. A
20. A
21. B
22. B
23. A
24. A
25. B
26. C

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