HVAC&R: Cooling Towers - Maintenance & Troubleshooting

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Make sure the temperature is just right at your facility with this course, one in a comprehensive seven-part cd-rom series. It will teach workers how HVAC components work together and how regular maintenance will help ensure operating efficiency. Designed to give technicians a detailed understanding of air handlers, cooling systems and towers, condensers and electrical systems -- as well as an overview of basic troubleshooting techniques.


Cooling towers can affect the efficiency of the entire cooling and refrigeration process. This course will teach workers how to conduct regular preventive maintenance on cooling towers to help ensure smooth, trouble-free operation in air conditioning systems.

Topics covered include:

-Cooling tower principles
-Cooling process
-Heat transfer
-Spray, splash or film systems
-Crossflow and counterflow towers
-Atmospheric or mechanical draft
-Maintenance
-Air flow
-Water flow
-Mechanical
-Water quality
-Structural
-Scheduling
-Daily inspections
-Annual service
-Water treatment plans
-Corrosion inhibitors
-Biological fouling
-Scale
-Troubleshooting
-Common problems