98-08: Cooling Tower Plume Abatement at Chicago's O'Hare Airport Energy Evaluation

98-08: Cooling Tower Plume Abatement at Chicago's O'Hare Airport Energy EvaluationA recently completed project at Chicago's O'Hare Airport makes an interesting case study in the application and design of plume abated cooling towers. Expansion of the airport had resulted in cooling towers being located between the FAA control tower and one of the taxiways. The visible plume from these towers was obstructing the vision of pilots on the taxiway, and blocking the line of sight between the control tower and the taxiway. The solution to

breadth of experience and technologies of plume abatement cooling towers will be described

Large induced draft cooling tower fans were used to reduce the total number of fans from 270 to 30

Oil can act as a nutrient for biological fouling

The first phase of testing did not use pretreatment for this highly contaminated wastewater

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the options available to the designer to improve the performance of these cooling towers are limited

This paper will point out the unique features of this family of products and show comparative field and laboratory data to aid in proper biocide selection

Cooling towers are fundamental equipment in the industry to remove process heat and cool the working fluid

Every cooling system operates under stress

The Cool Puck product is a man made and environmental friendly dispersant

microbiologically influenced corrosion

To our knowledge this design is the only commercial cooling tower that uses thermoplastic tubes for the heat transfer