1. Application of Field Erected Cooling Towers in District Cooling

2. INDEX What is a field erected cooling tower? Types of Induced Draft Cooling Towers Material of Construction MOC-Type Comparison FRP material properties and suitability in Field Erected Cooling Towers FRP Cooling Tower Construction Design Aspects Case Study

4. FIELD ERECTED COOLING TOWERS

5. INDUCED DRAFT CROSS FLOW COOLING TOWERS

6. INDUCED DRAFT CROSS FLOW

7. INDUCED DRAFT COUNTER FLOW COOLING TOWERS

8. INDUCED DRAFT COUNTER FLOW

9. MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION TIMBER COOLING TOWERS

10. MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION STEEL COOLING TOWERS

11. MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION REINFORCED CONCRETE COOLING TOWERS

12. FAILURES OCCURING IN RCC COOLING TOWERS

13. MATERIAL OF CONSTRUCTION Fiber Reinforced Polyester ( FRP ) COOLING TOWERS

14. MATERIAL COMPARISON WOOD STEEL CONCRETE FRP Corrosion resistance medium low medium highest Strenght to weight ratio low high very high highest Expansion and Contraction medium medium medium low Thermal conductivity low high medium low Maintenance high high medium low Possibility of Wet Dry operation low high high excellent Installation Time short long very long very short Basin Load medium high very high lightest Fire resistance low low medium highest Need for preservating treatment/coating high high high low Cost of maintenance and operation high high medium lowest

17. FRP Structure Pultrusion Technology

18. FRP COOLING TOWER CONSTRUCTION The complete structure, columns and beams for the Cooling Tower structure are realised with pultruded profiles in fiber reinforced polyester.

19. FRP COOLING TOWER CONSTRUCTION One FRP main header distributes water in lateral uPVC pipes

20. Design Aspects INTERACTION BETWEEN CT and SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT COOLING TOWER is NOT LOCATED in a FREE FIELD

22. REAL CONDITION Large Vortices Are Generated Small Part of Warm Air is Mixed with Large Amount of Fresh Air Negligible changes in Inlet air Properties

25. RECIRCULATION – INTERFERENCE PLUME DISPERSION 3 METHODS ANALYTICAL EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTATIONAL NAVIER-STOKES Equations Simplified Rules Free Filed SCALE MODEL WIND TUNNEL SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT DEDICATED SW POWERFUL HD EXPERTS

26. RECIRCULATION & INTERFERENCE EXPERIMENTAL - 1 Wind Tunnel Scaled Model Warm Air Generator Plume Generator Sophisticated Measuring Equipment Simplifications

27. RECIRCULATION & INTERFERENCE COMPUTATIONAL - 1 Detailed Model Material Properties Boundary Conditions All air Parameters Are calculated

28. RECIRCULATION & INTERFERENCE COMPUTATIONAL - 2

33. DUBAI FESTIVAL CITY 50,000 TR- DISTRICT COOLING 10 CELLS – CONCRETE COOLING TOWERS

34. CASE HISTORY EMIRATES AIRBUS A380 HANGAR DUBAI AIRPORT U.A.E- CUC Make up - Treated Sewage Effluent

35. CASE HISTORY BAHRAIN CITY CENTRE 7 CELLS – FRP COOLING TOWERS HVAC

36. CASE HISTORY BAHRAIN BAY UTILITIES FRP COOLING TOWERS 2 Seawater Cooling Towers 45,000 TR District Cooling Plant for Bahrain Bay

37. CASE HISTORY PETRORABIGH REFINING COMPANY; KSA TOTAL WATER FLOW- 210,000 m3/hr 48 Cells – FRP COOLING TOWERS

38. CASE HISTORY SAHARA AL-WAHA; JUBAIL; KSA FRP COOLING TOWERS Sea Water Cooling Tower- Petrochemical

39. CASE HISTORY EMIRATES ALUMINIUM (EMAL) ABU DHABI Largest Seawater Cooling Tower – UAE Power Plant

40. CASE HISTORY MESAIEED POWER COMPANY QATAR 3 Sea water Cooling Towers 33 Cells Power Plant

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