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Cooling Tower Bypass Line

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Tower Bypass; Design for Flow Stability

Working tools have now been provided for analysis of various tower bypass arrangements as they affect pumping stability. It
will again be noted that pumping instability can affect chilled water temperature control and greatly increases pump trouble
potential.

Bypass to Pump Suction; Bypass and Condenser Below Tower;


Tower with Splash Basin D

∆ h (FE) = 2’
A proposed floor below condenser
installation is shown in Figure 48.
Bypass is to the pump suction and E
it will be noted that the usual check
valve in the tower suction line (AB1) H0 = 12’
has been omitted for discussion
reasons.
A
F
Condenser
20’
∆ h (A B1) = 1’ ∆ h (B1 - F) = 27’

B1

Figure 48. Tower Bypass Example

PUMP HEAD SELECTION = H0 + ∆h (AB1) + ∆h (B1F) + ∆h (FE)

= 12 + 1 + 27 + 2
= 42 ft

Assume now that the bypass valve is 5” butterfly (selected at line size for 300 GPM) and has not yet been “set” by the control
contractor; the valve swings to wide open at Cv = 830 (See Figure 44 on page J155).

At 830 Cv and at 300 GPM, the bypass valve would develop only 0.3 ft head resistance and because of this, trouble could
develop.

It will be noted for this example, and for all tower bypass to the pump suction, that complete bypass will cause the following
changes to occur:

1. Tower suction line friction loss will be eliminated because of no flow.


2. Tower discharge line friction loss will be eliminated.
3. Static head will be lost.

Reprinted with permission from Xylem, Inc. Copyright 2013.

PRODUCT & APPLICATION HANDBOOK VOLUME V J157

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