Cooling Towers

Principles and Practice

G. B. Hill, E. J. Pring, Peter D. Osborn

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780750610056
• eBook ISBN: 9781483162744
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Cooling Towers: Principles and Practice, Third Edition, aims to provide the reader with a better understanding of the theory and practice, so that installations are correctly designed and operated. As with all branches of engineering, new technology calls for a level of technical knowledge which becomes progressively higher; this new edition seeks to ensure that the principles and practice of cooling towers are set against a background of up-to-date technology. The book is organized into three sections. Section A on cooling tower practice covers topics such as the design and operation of cooling towers; types of cooling tower; cooling tower components and construction materials; practical aspects of tower selection; industrial applications; and water quality and treatment. Section B is devoted to cooling tower theory and calculations. These include psychrometry; heat transfer theory and calculations; calculations when selecting tower size for a given duty; and the use of charts for calculation of cooling tower duties. Section C on data and tables explains the basis of the SI system of units and includes meteorological tables and data as well as data on specific heat capacity of some common substances.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Cooling Towers: Principles and Practice
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Section A: Cooling tower practice
• Section B: Cooling tower theory and calculations
• Section C: Data and tables
• Bibliography
• Index