Cooling tower Inspection Guide

Today, our goal is to give you a complete understanding of why cooling tower inspections are so important. You will also learn the step by step process of what happens when an inspection is completed for any of your cooling towers.

Today’s Goal:

Items that will be covered:

Counter Flow Cooling Tower Inspection Protocols

Cross Flow Cooling Tower Inspection Protocols

Importance of Preventative Maintenance

How to Plan Ahead

What to Expect After an Inspection

Now, pay close attention,

If you have ever skipped one or more inspections, then you REALLY need to pay close attention... Let’s begin.

Once an inspection is scheduled, Cooling Tower Depot, if the chosen vendor, will complete a thorough inspection of ALL of the following components:

COUNTER FLOW Inspection Protocol

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

1

2

Inspect all Cased Walls

Check Louvers (if installed)

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

3

4

Check Rain Zone Structure

Look at Wind Walls and Partition Walls

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

5

6

Inspect Stairways, Ladders & Safety Cages

Look at Distribution Header Piping

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

7

8

Check Handrail System Around Fan Deck

Inspect Fan Deck

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

9

10Look at Fan Stack

Check Mechanical Equipment(fan, drive shafts, gearboxes, motors, oil fill, drain lines & vents, and torque tube)

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

11

12 Inspect Drift Eliminators

Look at Fan Deck Access Hatches

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

13

14

Check out any Fill Damage

Check Upper Plenum Structure (fan deck supports, fan stack hold downs, columns and diagonals)

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

15

16

Check Fill Area (columns, diagonals, and ties)

Inspect the Distribution System (nozzles, headers,

laterals, and pipe supports)

A crossflow inspection is slightly different than that of a counterflowtower. After your inspection is scheduled, we will complete a thorough inspection of ALL of the following components:

CROSSFLOW Inspection Protocol

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

1

2

Inspect all Cased End Walls

Check Louvers

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

3

4

Look at Fill Area Structure

Check Partition Walls

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

5

6Check Distribution Header Piping

Inspect Stairways, Ladders, and Safety Cages

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

8

7Inspect Fan Deck

Inspect Handrail System Around Fan Deck

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

9

10

Check Fan Stack

Check Mechanical Equipment(fan, drive shafts, gearboxes, motors, oil fill, drain lines & vents, and torque tube)

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

11

12

Hot Water Distribution Basins (Access ladders, nozzles, floor, curbs, partitions, splash boxes, flow control valves,walkways, and short walls)

Drift Eliminators, Air Seals, and Drift Eliminator Supports

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

13Plenum Structure (plenum walkways, columns, diagonals, transverse and longitudinal ties)

14 Distribution Piping (Supports, x-overs)

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

15 Fill, Grids, and Fill Supports

Most inspections, counterflow or crossflow,

will take between 2 to 4 hours to complete

depending on the number of cells and how

quickly we may have access.

Photographs will be taken during the inspection process documenting tower deficiencies. Once the inspection is complete, Cooling Tower

Depot will issue a detailed report of deficiencies documented, along

with a power point presentation of the photos taken.

What you get in return:

As always, we love to see our customers, however, the less

you see of us the better…

Yearly inspections are just one way to keep your costs down and your tower running at its

peak performance…

You must also keep up with your preventative maintenance:

Change Oil Check Fan Pitch Repair Damages

Preventative Maintenance is a must and includes: changing the oil in the gearboxes, checking fan pitch, and

repairing damaged tower components.

Whether your cooling towers are just a couple years old, 5 years, or 10 years

old; every year your up-keep will become more and more demanding

without the proper care.

Let us do the worrying for you:Your cooling tower up-keep should be just like your car up-keep. The maker of your vehicle has pre-set the timing of which you need to bring your car in for an inspection. This way your car keeps running at its peak performance and if any issues are spotted, you can plan to take care of those issues… no surprises, and worry free.

CTD will work with you to develop a pre-set inspection plan for your annual and preventative maintenance inspections. This will ensure that deficiencies and repairs occur in a timely manner, and you won’t have to worry about them.

So don’t get overwhelmed, we can plan ahead together:

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