Cooling Tower Operation
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What is the purpose of a cooling tower?

  • To pump water to the top of a tower
  • To distribute water by spray nozzles
  • To cool water for re-use as a coolant (correct)
  • To heat water for industrial use

What is the circulated water in a cooling tower often referred to as?

  • Heated water
  • Cooling water (CW) (correct)
  • Hot water
  • Cold water

What aids in the cooling process of the water inside a cooling tower?

  • Induction effects from the water sprays (correct)
  • Convection currents
  • Increase in atmospheric pressure
  • Heated air circulation

What causes the temperature increase of the air and the temperature drop of the cooling water in a cooling tower?

<p>Sensible heat of evaporation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What determines the amount of make-up water needed to maintain the tower basin level in a cooling tower?

<p>The blowdown rate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the rate of heat transfer in a cooling tower system depend on?

<p>Relative velocity of both air and water during contact (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of cooling towers in relation to heat?

<p>Rejecting heat from processes to a heat sink (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What component of a cooling tower is responsible for distributing water to be cooled?

<p>Distribution System (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What equipment relies on cool water supplied from cooling towers?

<p>Refrigeration and steam plant condensers (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is used to accomplish the heat rejection in a cooling tower system?

<p>Evaporation of a certain percentage of the water causing latent heat removal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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