skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Cold weather operating guidelines and experience for natural draft cooling towers on the American Electric Power system

Conference ·
OSTI ID:376183
;  [1]
  1. American Electric Power Service, Corp., Columbus, OH (United States)

American Electric Power`s more than 30 years of experience in operating natural draft cooling towers during freezing winter weather conditions is discussed in the paper. Design features incorporated into the specifications for major rebuild/repack projects for crossflow and counterflow towers to facilitate cold weather operation are also reviewed.

OSTI ID:
376183
Report Number(s):
CONF-960426-; TRN: IM9642%%271
Resource Relation:
Conference: 58. annual meeting of the American power conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 9-11 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the American Power Conference. Volume 58-I; McBride, A.E. [ed.]; PB: 767 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Plan now for cold-weather operation of cooling towers
Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · Power (New York) · OSTI ID:376183

Operating experiences with fan-assisted natural-draft cooling towers
Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976 · Proc. Am. Power Conf.; (United States) · OSTI ID:376183

Calculations on thermal performance of mechanical draft cooling towers
Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · ASHRAE Trans.; (United States) · OSTI ID:376183