An Introduction to Cooling Tower Water Treatment

J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A., Fellow ASCE, Fellow AEI

Course Outline

1. TYPES OF COOLING WATER SYSTEMS
2. COOLING TOWER WATER CALCULATIONS
3.  OBJECTIVES OF COOLING WATER TREATMENT
4. MICROBIOLOGICAL DEPOSITS AND CONTROL
5. CORROSION IN COOLING SYSTEMS
6. DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE COOLING WATER TREATMENT PROGRAM
7. COOLING WATER SYSTEM START-UP AND LAYUP REQUIREMENTS

This course includes a multiple-choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.

Learning Objective

After completion of this course you will:

• Learn about once through cooling water systems;
• Learn about open recirculating cooling water systems;
• Learn about natural draft, induced draft, and forced draft cooling towers;
• Learn what the components of typical cooling towers are and their functions;
• Learn about drift eliminators and fill;
• Learn about water treatment requirements for enhanced and super-enhanced chiller condenser tubing ;
• Learn about the importance of controlling legionella bacteria;
• learn the relationship between evaporation, blowdown, and makeup; and
• Learn about cycles of concentration and how they are employed in cooling water treatment.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for mechanical engineers and other design and construction professionals wanting an introduction to the technologies, equipment and operational practices for treatment of cooling tower water.

Benefit for Attendee

This course will give mechanical engineers and others an introduction to water treatment practices for cooling towers.

Course Introduction

This is an introduction to best practices for cooling tower water treatment.

About Course Author

Paul Guyer is a registered mechanical engineer, civil engineer, fire protection engineer and architect with over 35 years experience in the design of buildings and related infrastructure.  For an additional 9 years he was a senior-level advisor to the California Legislature on infrastructure and capital outlay issues.  He has designed and supervised the design of hundreds of construction projects requiring the preparation of detailed working drawings and specifications for federal, state and local public agencies and private companies.  He is a graduate of Stanford University and has held numerous national, state and local positions with the American Society of Civil Engineers and National Society of Professional Engineers.

Course Content

The course content is contained in the following PDF file:

An Introduction to Cooling Tower Water Treatment

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Course Summary

This course will give you professional tools that will allow you to address water treatment issues associated with cooling towers in industrial applications.

Quiz

Once you finish studying the above course content, you need to take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.

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DISCLAIMER: The materials contained in the online course are not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of PDH Center or any other person/organization named herein. The materials are for general information only. They are not a substitute for competent professional advice. Application of this information to a specific project should be reviewed by a registered architect and/or professional engineer/surveyor. Anyone making use of the information set forth herein does so at their own risk and assumes any and all resulting liability arising therefrom.

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