Cooling Systems
Everything in The Blueprint of Water about cooling systems, anchored on Chapter 12: Cooling Things Down.
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Concepts (46)
Air as a heat-transport medium · Approach (cooling tower) · Chilled water loop · Chiller · Chiller energy penalty · Compressor · Condenser · Condenser approach temperature · Condenser water flow rule of thumb · Condenser water loop · Conductivity as concentration surrogate · Conductivity controller limitation · Cooling Tower · Cooling load scale · Cooling tower evaporation · Cooling tower mass balance · Cooling tower ton · Diminishing returns of cycles · Drift · Drift eliminator · Dry-bulb temperature · Evaporation factor · Evaporator · Expansion valve · Fill media · Flashing · Heat as relocated energy · Heat-rejection chain · Increased lift · London Dispersion Forces · Open recirculating system · Phase transition cooling · Pressure control of phase change · Range (cooling tower) · Refrigerant · Refrigerant cycle · Relative humidity limit on evaporation · Sensible heat transfer · Sling psychrometer · Solids mass balance · Solubility limit · Tons of refrigeration · Tracer ion comparison · Unmetered losses · Water efficiency versus chemical risk · Wet-bulb temperature
Formulas (18)
Annual Water Volume from Flow Rate · Blowdown Rate from Cycles · COC from Conductivity · Condenser Approach Temperature · Cooling Tower Approach · Cooling Tower Range · Cooling Tower Ton (heat load conversion) · Cycles of Concentration (COC) · Evaporation Rate from Heat Load (Method 1) · Evaporation Rate from Recirculation and Range (Method 2) · Fouling Energy Penalty Rule · Makeup Rate from Cycles · Makeup to Blowdown Relationship · Overall Cooling Tower Mass Balance · Recirculation Rate Rule of Thumb · Scaling Ion COC (Calcium) · Solids Mass Balance · Tracer Ion COC (Chloride)
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Practice problems (10)
P12.01 What is the maximum number of cycles allowed · P12.02 What is the maximum number of cycles allowed · P12.03 Which constraint governs and at that cycle · P12.04 Explain why the actual maximum safe cycle · P12.05 Using the evaporation rate from Problem 4 · P12.06 A tower operates at 5 cycles based on · P12.07 An 800ton chiller operates at 060 kWton under · P12.08 A cooling tower evaporates 20 GPM and operates · P12.09 Your makeup water contains 320 mgL calcium · P12.10 You are called to evaluate a cooling tower
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