Cooling Towers: Introduction
e-Learning
About the eLearning Course
In this course, you will learn about water and cooling, cooling tower systems and heat transfer. You will also learn about cooling tower variables and performance. Additionally, you will learn about types of cooling towers as well as equipment and construction.
Target Audience
Operations personnel who require a fundamental understanding of knowledge to operate and maintain facilities. Also suitable for maintenance and technician personnel whether new to their roles or seasoned experts looking to enhance their skills.You Will Learn
Participants will learn how to:
- Explain why water is used for cooling and the reasons for reusing water.
- Identify the different types of cooling tower systems.
- Describe heat transfer by conduction, convection, radiation, and evaporation.
- Describe the factors affecting evaporation.
- Define absolute and relative humidity.
- Explain the purpose of makeup water, including drift, intentional blowdown and unintentional blowdown.
- Describe the relationship between dry- and wet-bulb temperatures and tower performance.
- Explain approach and cooling range.
- Discuss the operation of counter flow and crossflow towers.
- Describe the relationship between water distribution and tower performance.
- Identify the relationship between air distribution and tower performance.
- Describe the operation of atmospheric cooling towers.
- Explain the operation of natural-draft cooling towers.
- Discuss the operation of mechanical-draft cooling towers.
- Describe the operation of induced-draft cooling towers.
- Describe the construction of open-pond cooling systems and identify their drawbacks.
- Recall the types of materials used in the construction of cooling towers.
- Identify the purpose of multi-cell cooling towers and your role in maintaining cooling tower mechanical equipment.
- Explain the purpose and function of the cooling tower air conditioner unit.
