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Combination film/splash fill for overcoming film fouling

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:48138

In summary, this large cooling tower user has found the Phelps film/splash Stack-Pack fill design to attain a substantial improvement in capability of their existing crossflow cooling towers, without increasing fan power or tower size. The lack of fouling in the film fill component of this fill design is due to the use of film fill with large (1 inch) spacing between sheets, coupled with effective water treatment as provided by Nalco. This combination of factors provides a proven method for significantly increasing crossflow or counterflow cooling tower capability while minimizing chances of serious fill fouling.

Research Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); Yankee Scientific, Inc., Medfield, MA (United States)
OSTI ID:
48138
Report Number(s):
EPRI-TR--104867; CONF-9408224--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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