Forced Draft Cooling Tower Guide
Forced draft cooling towers feature a powerful yet economical technology to ultimately cool industrial plants. Let’s look at some components of these popular cooling towers.
What Is A Forced Draft Cooling Tower?
Industrial plants often choose forced draft cooling towers for their many benefits. First, they are very powerful and affordable at the same time. These towers remove low-potential heat which is generated during the production process. A counterflow of air and hot water will result in a heat transfer in the cooling fill. These towers are typically preferred by paper and chemical industry plants.
Forced Draft Cooling Tower Components
These components make up forced draft cooling towers:
- Cooling fill
- Fan with drive
- Fan stack
- Water basin
- Drift eliminators
- Outer shell
- Water distribution system
Forced Draft Vs Induced Draft Cooling Towers
How do these towers differ from induced draft models? Induced draft towers will feature a fan atop the tower, which pulls the air upward. The fans in these towers induce the hot, moist air out of the discharge. Then, a power exit air velocity will reduce any possible recirculation within these towers. The main goal of induced draft towers is to eliminate any possibility of discharged air coming back into the air intake location.
Meanwhile, forced draft models feature an exhaust fan right at the tower base. This creates the overpressure. Both axial and centrifugal fans can be found in forced draft towers.
Forced Draft Cooling Tower Features
- Low noise levels
- Dry air stream drive
- Ease of maintenance
- Low-absorbed capacity
Induced Draft Cooling Tower Features
- Humid air stream drive
- Low-absorbed capacity
- Little space needed for installation
- High noise levels
Cooling Tower Maintenance Service
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