Cooling Towers, Part 1: Siting, Selecting and Sizing
Loraine Huchler
An evaporative cooling tower can be an effective way to reject process heat. Here’s a guide to some of the early design decisions.
Heat Transfer
Cooling Towers, Part 2: Operating, Monitoring and Maintaining
Loraine Huchler
Process plants often use evaporative cooling towers to reject heat to the atmosphere.This article explains the basics of cooling tower operation.
Selecting Baffles for Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
Salem Bouhairie
Baffles play a crucial role in regulating shellside fluid flow and improving heat transfer between shellside and tubeside process fluids. Here's how to choose the correct baffle to meet process requirements.
Prepare Your Cooling System Before Startup
Paul R. Puckorius
Pre-startup actions such as initial water treatment and equipment coatings in cooling tower water systems can increase system life expectancy and efficiency, and reduce corrosion and fouling.
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