How To Pick A Cooling Tower: Providing Safe Access For Service

How To Pick A Cooling Tower: Providing Safe Access For Service

Servicing and maintaining cooling towers can be dangerous work. Since regular cooling tower maintenance is absolutely necessary for safe and efficient cooling tower operation, engineers have a responsibility to incorporate safety infrastructure into their cooling tower designs.  That means providing…

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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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Cooling Tower and Condenser Water Design Part 10: How Counterflow and Crossflow Towers Differ

Most commercial HVAC professionals are probably already aware that there are two different types of cooling towers – crossflow and counterflow. While both operate on the principle of evaporative cooling by blowing air across water, the physical configuration of these two types of cooling towers differs quite a bit. Read more....
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