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The Benefits of Comprehensive Cooling Tower Testing

With extended test parameters, a Diagnostic Performance Audit™ will enable you to:

  • Identify the causes of cooling tower thermal performance and energy efficiency problems accurately, eliminating guesswork.
  • Target your maintenance work on only the tower cells that need attention.
  • Prioritize your maintenance work by focusing on the most beneficial repairs that can be completed in the allotted downtime.
  • Minimize the downtime required as a result of the targeted approach.
  • Maximize return on your maintenance dollar as no repair work will be undertaken which is not required

Cooling Tower Test Comparison

There can be many causes for poor cooling tower thermal performance, and cooling tower tests vary in their focus and depth of analysis. Depending upon the type of cooling tower test that is used, the exact problem might elude detection because the analysis is not comprehensive enough or specific to that parameter. The table below outlines the various detection capabilities of Tower Inspections, Status Tests and Diagnostic Performance Audit™.

Matrix of Test Detection Abilities
Parameter Inspection Tower
Status
Test
Diagnostic
Performance
Audit™
Hub disc effectiveness
Fill fouling
Blade tip clearance
Blade wear/pitting
Thermal Capability
Total fan HP
Cell water flow balance
Fan motor diagnostics (loading, line loss, insulation, derating, temperature rise, repitch prediction, winter loading prediction)
Fan stall
Fan inlet/plenum spin
Cell fan power, airflow and heat rejection balance
Cell fan and pump operating energy balance
Cell operating energy efficiency
Tower operating energy benchmark
'What if ...?' performance predictions
 
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