Cooling Tower Quiz

The condenser water pump is the device that moves the water through the condenser and cooling tower circuit.

• True

• False

A well-designed and installed cooling tower requires only a minimum of maintenance.

• True

• False

Distilled water is added to the cooling tower to make up for water lost during blowdown.

• True

• False

If vortexing occurs, it is an indication that there is not enough air in the tower.

• True

• False

Spray ponds on rooftops have made a comeback in the last few years because they cool the roof and reduce the solar load on the structure.

• True

• False

Natural draft towers and spray ponds are designed to produce a difference in water and air temperatures of ___°F.

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 10

A new chemical-free water purification technology is used in cooling towers to ____.

• avoid vortexing

• balance the water flow

• eliminate scale

• All of the above.

When sizing a cooling tower, the tower is sized to handle the cooling load of the conditioned area plus about ___% for heat of compression.

• 0

• 15

• 25

• 35

Two methods used to aid the evaporation rate of water in a forced or induced draft tower are ___.

• vortexing and cavitation

• spray pond and prevailing wind

• float type valve and by-pass valve

• splash and wetted-surface (or fill)

The heat that the cooling tower must reject from the water in the chiller is the cooling load of the conditioned area plus the heat of ___.

• absorption

• compression

• vortexing

• cavitation