00-07: Demonstrating the Effectiveness of Field Testing Evaporative Vapor Mechanical Draft TowersDetermining the thermal capacity of evaporative condensers has long been left to theory, "rules of thumb," or the guarded operations of manufacturers' test laboratories. Now, modern instrumentation and test methods make field testing of evaporative condensers practical, accurate, and readily available to owners, engineers, and manufacturers alike. Field testing gives owners the ability to confirm manufacturers' performance guarantees on new equipment
microbiological activity in the water as well as other treatment chemicals
This paper presents Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station's efforts to prevent water side cooling problems from becoming a limiting factor in maintaining full electrical power output during hot summer months
Overcoming these difficulties requires investigation of the various pretreatment options and internal treatment programs
the past three decades could rightfully be called the "age of Plastics"
EDF launched a comparison study between EDF “long term approach” and ATC-105 “short term approach” based on recent acceptance test data
economical and fully connected with today's information technology
and flat magnet measured under controlled laboratory conditions and correlates that with actual data collected on machinery in the field
thermal operating level of the tower relative to the original design conditions
rapid bioassay and an on-line chemical analyzer can be used to control the effectiveness of biocides in open recirculating cooling systems permitting the optimization of the biocide program to achieve the most cost effective control
The correlation between the psychrometer and the thermodynamic wet bulb temperature is reviewed
to enumerating microbiological colonies in the laboratory
The relative influence of fill type (film/splash) and flow orientation (counter/crossflow) on the Lewis number is examined in light of this more complete data set
