In many industrial facilities, various pieces of equipment and fluids used in process systems need to be cooled. Disposing of or
discharging hot water into lakes or rivers can lead to thermal pollution, and water that is discharged must be replaced. For these reasons,
it's often more efficient to cool the hot water with a cooling tower and reuse it.
This interactive online course will introduce you to cooling tower systems and a couple of types of cooling towers, and you will see how a typical cooling
tower is operated. You will also look at how chemistry is involved with maintaining a cooling tower.
Describe the operation of a basic cooling water system and what occurs in the tower during the cooling process
Explain the general operation of a natural-draft cooling tower and the two types of mechanical-draft cooling towers: induced-draft towers and forced-draft towers
Describe a typical shutdown and startup procedure for one cell of a multicell cooling tower
Cite examples of typical operator checks for cooling towers
Explain what suspended and dissolved solids are, how they affect a cooling water system, and how problems caused by
suspended and dissolved solids can be minimized
Explain what dissolved gases and microorganisms are, how they affect cooling water systems, and how their effects can be
minimized
Describe ways chemicals are added to cooling water systems and precautions when working with hazardous chemicals
0.5 hr. Online Course