Problem 2.7: A cooling tower removes 6000000 BTUhr How many

From Chapter 2 Problem Set. Level 2: Applied Thinking.

Question

A cooling tower removes 6,000,000 BTU/hr. How many pounds of water must evaporate per hour? Assume that all heat is removed by evaporation and use a field latent-heat value of 1,000 BTU/lb. Convert to GPM.

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6,000,000 BTU/hr ÷ 1,000 BTU/lb = 6,000 lb/hr. 6,000 lb/hr ÷ 8.34 lb/gal = 719.4 gal/hr ÷ 60 min/hr = 12.0 GPM.