How To Pick A Cooling Tower: Materials of Construction

How To Pick A Cooling Tower: Materials of Construction

What cooling construction materials are best suited for HVAC applications? It’s a question you will have to address if you are designing a cooling tower system or selecting one for a replacement. The answer will vary of course, depending on the client’s budget, application, location, and access to service. Just remember…

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How To Pick A Cooling Tower: Crossflow Versus Counterflow

How To Pick A Cooling Tower: Crossflow Versus Counterflow

Cooling towers for HVAC systems come in either crossflow or counterflow configurations. This is defined by the way the water meets the heat transfer surface, more commonly known as the “fill” surface. Crossflow cooling towers distribute the hot water…

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How to Pick A Cooling Tower: Choosing a Fan Driver

How to Pick A Cooling Tower: Choosing a Fan Driver

Every cooling tower has a fan (or fans if it includes multiple cells) and these fans require some sort of mechanism or “driver” to transfer energy from the motor to the actual fan. This transfer can be…

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How to Pick a Cooling Tower: Comparing Open and Closed Loop Towers

“Would my project be better served by an open loop cooling tower or a closed loop cooling tower?”

It’s a question that anyone in the early stages of designing a hydronic system that requires heat rejection is certain to ask. The answer is partly intuitive but also based o…

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