11-02: The 3 R's of Sustainable Water Cooled Systems Operation #N/A

11-02: The 3 R's of Sustainable Water Cooled Systems Operation #N/ATo iterate the fact that cooling towers are inherently economically and environmentally green. This paper will utilize the main strategies of green, i. e. reduced energy, water conservation and recycling with a focus on sustainability. A comparison of air cooled verses water cooled systems will be approached from several vantage points; energy consumption, water consumption and GHG emissions each of which will be delineated. A review of water

This paper documents work conducted by CleanAir and the associated findings

000 cubic feet)

Within the past 20-years

but relatively few owners and specifiers of cooling towers appear to know what preservative treatment entails

It deals with the physical and thermodynamic properties of air-water vapor mixtures

Nalco was awarded DOE grant to develop a cost-effective integrated solution (chemical and physical) for the use of impaired water and maximize the cycles of concentration

and disclosure concerns when gaseous chlorine is used and stored on-site for microbiological control have forced many cooling systems to consider alternative oxidative micro-biocides

While factory-assembled cooling towers are compact enough to be tested and certified in environmental test chambers

water and energy are used in HVAC and industrial cooling processes

sacrificial corrosion methods

building plants at low cost has been the priority rather than the performance

optimizing their thermal/low-fouling capabilities for a specific cooling duty/water condition