How Cooling Towers Work

In this video we look at how a cooling tower works. We take an overview of each main component with real world examples, colour illustrations and 3D models to help convey the learning material.
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I’ve been doing HVAC for 15 years and even I learned a few new things on this video…. Great content and keep up the great work

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This is one of the most well thought out easy to digest, and incredibly visualized presentations I’ve ever seen. Great work!

[@user-gc6bj4zx3p]

thanks for our time. finally, I understand the cooling tower. I did not find any vid that explains the cooling tower like this. thanks again and keep up the great work

[@EngineeringMindset]

Learn how *COOLING TOWERS, AHU and CHILLERS* work together: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5TZd594gdRnq5I

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Thanks man ever since I subscribed I have been learning so much I have a project on chillers thank u

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After watching tons of videos and reading lots of mechanical engineering books and especially hvac systems, this was the neatest explanation that I have had during 6 years of experience in the industry.

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[@London_Native]

Great video! How about some maintenance video on for example, how to service a building pressurisation unit and expansion vessels? Or how to clean out a calorifier? Thanks!

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Nicely explained with real pictures of each component. Also plz share a video on VAM.

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I used this video to learn English terminology (of cooling towers); perfect! Thank you!

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[@arwaabougharib8698]

Thank you Paul for the great explanation, as always. Can you please make one more video for Closed-circuit cooling towers, and how they're different from open cooling towers?

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Well explained and very helpful. Thanks.

[@EngineeringMindset]

+François-Philippe Paradis Glad you enjoyed it

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Thank you, Charles. Glad you enjoyed it, plenty more on the way.

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There is also water jet oriented towards the thins. The tower cleans itself. Thank's for sharing

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Good job. Please kindly write the basic equations used in design the cooling towers. ( simple and practical forms).

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[@chankoksoon]

Drain for draining the system for preventive maintenance, float valve for make up water to maintain water level at the basin to prevent air pocketing.

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Hey great video!! I had a doubt though how does the drift eliminator exactly help in condensing the warm air being sucked by the fan.

[@EngineeringMindset]

It collides with the surface so the impact and pressure change, the material will be a cooler temperature also.

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can you make a separate video for Air separator in Hvac system

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Good

[@l.crossjr]

What is the difference between a fluid cooler and a cooling tower and why would I choose one over the other. I have seen some sites that have both types. Not sure why

[@jonathanpratt8036]

I've seen some of your more current videos, and they are much better than this. You should update this one with some engineering and design calculations as well as the physics behind the actual heat dissipation and water evaporation

[@ultrajn25]

What are your observations between open and closed loop cooling towers, as to their cooling efficiencies?

[@malikshehryar7145]

If there is multi cell cooling tower then will there be a separate float valve for each cell or one float valve is enough for multi cell cooling tower?

[@EngineeringMindset]

There are many ways to do it, there could be several towers connected together and a pipe running between all to balance the water level too

[@rudyvargas3309]

Is there a fan in the bottom by the base to get the ambien air inside the cooling tower is it just pulled from you top fan

[@EngineeringMindset]

most have fans on the top but some will use ground mounted fans which sit at the side and blow air inside, these are usually used when the cooling tower would exceed height restrictions for local building regulations so shorter towers are needed

[@sieandknsproductions3491]

There are also round cooling towers

[@michaelmooney3369]

what part if any does evaporation play?

[@str8kronic]

Where does the water go when it's drained ? Is it reused somewhere or does it just go to the sewer? Also, where does the new, fresh water come from? If the building is connected to the city water supply, is that where the new water comes from? Is that usually connected at the chiller ?

[@EngineeringMindset]

It goes to the sewer, it comes from the water main. It enters near the pressurisation unit. See our video on chilled water schematics

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[@moumeshroy9384]

How to calculate water loss in cooling tower as a rule of thumb

[@kriskraken3669]

rough rule of thumb we use- 1% of the flow for every 10degF just for evap

[@holmanyusedciprianoliveros8935]

Hello my friend, why in the cooling towers that go on the roofs, it is assumed that the refrigerant that is in temperatures around 30 ° C, having contact with the ambient air that is supposed to be at a lower temperature, the coolant will give it heat , But what happens if the ambient temperature is higher, say 35 ° c, the process does not work? Am I understanding the concept well?

[@EngineeringMindset]

These are just typical temperatures. The system will be designed to meet local requirements. If it can't dump heat into the air then the chiller will fail although the temperature can be increased, check with manufacture before doing so

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[@mihail7185]

Hi, if the water supply to the cooling tower (specified on the chiller's schematic) is 2000L/h, does that mean that 2000L of warm water are lost to the environment every hour? Is it worth trying to recover somehow? (asking for an academic group project that aims to recover heat/water from a chiller) Thank you..

[@EngineeringMindset]

No it will recycle the water, a much smaller amount is lost to evaporation. You can reclaim some heat yes.

[@garcjr]

So this is kind of like a giant swamp cooler except the air that is returned to the room would be dry?

[@elran123]

Great video. But I had to up the speed to 1.25 to get through it.

[@reasmeingor1962]

What is the problem if heat rejection smaller than 200kw? but in/out temperatures and water flow rate are the same.

[@richaunfacey5447]

You have some very good vids but you need to speak louder, very hard to hear with my computer volume at 100%

[@matthewpadula1731]

Question that seems very basic here... What is the difference between a cooling tower and a fluid cooler. Working in residential now everyone calls these towers fluid coolers, and that its different than cooling towers in commercial. Any info is appreciated, have not got a complete answer yet.

[@thanasekaran3368]

How to maintain cooling tower

[@TheTruthForum]

my building is about 30 yrs old and our bypass is pneumatic but even after watching this i still dont have a full concept of what the need is for the bypass... our pnumatic operations are being slowly phased out and changed to digital but if anybody reading this knows please fill me in

[@dandan-yh3my]

so is this an open circuit then

[@EngineeringMindset]

Yes this is an open circuit, the condenser water leaves the pipe and is sprayed into the air of the cooling tower.

[@kieranveres7498]

why does water evaporate? If the intended purpose for the water is to get colder instead of hotter?

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