DISCUSSION

A cooling tower is a device that rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of

a coolant stream, usually a water stream to a lower temperature. Cooling towers may either use
the evaporation of water to remove process heat and cool the working fluid to near the wet-bulb air
temperature or, in the case of dry cooling towers, rely solely on air to cool the working fluid to near
the dry-bulb air temperature using radiators.

When comparing forced draft versus induced draft, , the primary difference is Forced-draft fans

focus the pressure and volume at the outlet of the fan to push air through a system, creating positive air
pressure., while induced draft fans operate by focusing the pressure and volume at the inlet of the fan to
pull air through a system.

DATA

Actual Cooling Tower When Operating Steam Boiler

 Sling Psychrometer (spin 3 times)

DRY BULB WET BULB

INITIAL 29°C 27°C

10 mins 31°C 27°C

FINAL 32°C 27°C

Cooling Tower Data

INITIAL 10 mins FINAL

Cooling tower 30 PSI 30 PSI 30 PSI

water pressure

blue pipe/in 30 PSI 30 PSI 30 PSI

pressure
0°F 0°F 0°F
temperature

Red pipe/out 0 PSI 0 PSI 0 PSI

Pressure
0°F 0°F 0°F
temperature