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reggie
12-08-2003, 02:54 AM
Can anyone give me any information or recommend a good read on cooling tower water pumps? I just want to know what to look for in regards pressure readings across them and flow rate calculations per size of pump etc.

Brian_UK
13-08-2003, 08:18 PM
Reggie, are you talking about the condenser water flow through the tower or the tower water circulating pump ?

If it is the tower pump itself I would have thought that the flow rate is more dependent on the discharge nozzles. The pressure at the nozzle is a meaningless figure unless you know what it should be (sounds obvious I know but ...). Nozzle fouling then starts to get involved as well... and so it goes.