Description
This course is available in both English and Spanish. You will be able to change the language setting once you open the course.
Este curso está disponible en español. Podrás cambiar la configuración de idioma cuando abras el curso.
In many industrial facilities, various pieces of equipment and fluids used in process systems need to be cooled. Disposing of or discharging hot water into lakes or rivers can lead to thermal pollution, and water that is discharged must be replaced. For these reasons, it's often more efficient to cool the hot water with a cooling tower and reuse it. This interactive online course will introduce you to cooling tower systems and a couple of types of cooling towers, and you will see how a typical cooling tower is operated. You will also look at how chemistry is involved with maintaining a cooling tower.
Objectives
- Describe the operation of a basic cooling water system and what occurs in the tower during the cooling process
- Explain the general operation of a natural-draft cooling tower and the two types of mechanical-draft cooling towers: induced-draft towers and forced-draft towers
- Describe a typical shutdown and startup procedure for one cell of a multicell cooling tower
- Cite examples of typical operator checks for cooling towers
- Explain what suspended and dissolved solids are, how they affect a cooling water system, and how problems caused by suspended and dissolved solids can be minimized
- Explain what dissolved gases and microorganisms are, how they affect cooling water systems, and how their effects can be minimized
- Describe ways chemicals are added to cooling water systems and precautions when working with hazardous chemicals
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Certificate of Completion
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