70-08: Cooling Tower Design Criteria and Water TreatmentSome of the major considerations involved in selecting the cooling water system of a large industrial plant such as an electric generating station are presented in this paper. Cooling Tower specifications and testing are reviewed and considerations for the water treatment and waste water disposal of a cooling water system utilizing a tower.

The market for cooling towers in the United States is experi­encing remarkable growth

Concern about aquatic toxicity of cooling water discharges has driven the development of biodegradable inhibitors for use in cooling water treatment

play an important role in the evaluation of the performance of Evaporative Heat Transfer Systems such as cooling towers

to high time-dependent load variations causing high vibration amplitude and high stress

In order to assess the program performance

and provides examples of how to meet the standards

how it could affect plant equipment or plant processes will be included

heat transfer as equal thicknesses of anhydrite and gypsum

offer only limited protection against the pitting type corrosion associated with iron deposition on cooling system surfaces

and particularly industry

Inhibitor concentration

to provide this 11Take It For Granted" environment