Program Cooling Tower Calculation

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Calculating the tons for a cooling tower requires you to understand some basic information about it works. Calculate a ton of cooling load using this formula: Cooling load = 500(1 US gal/min)(10 degrees Fahrenheit)/12,000_._.

Calculating Heat Load for Cooling Tower...

Calculating Heat Load for Cooling Tower...

I am replacing a Cooling Tower. I would like to calculate our current cooling load (heat load). This is the info that I have...
Temp in is 85DegF
Temp out is 74DegF
Flow is 2800GPM
...through a 10 inch pipe ( I don't think U need this info though.
I would like to know the BTUs?
or whould it have to be BTUs per minute???
I know 1 BTU is the amount of heat to raise the temp of 1 pound of water by 1 degF.
How is this calculated?

Cooling Tower Calculation Formulas

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By Bob White

Calculating the tons for a cooling tower requires you to understand some basic information about it works. Calculate a ton of cooling load using this formula: Cooling load = 500(1 US gal/min)(10 degrees Fahrenheit)/12,000_._ A 1-ton chiller is equal to 12,000 British thermal units. This amount of heat could theoretically melt 1 ton of ice in 24 hours. A cooling tower's job is to reduce the temperature of water through refrigeration. It is used in manufacturing, electrical-power generation and massive air-conditioning systems.

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    Determine the water flow rate though the cooling tower. This number should be expressed as gallons per minute and is shown as letter q in the formula.

    Determine the temperature difference between the water entering the cooling tower and the water exiting the cooling tower. This should be expressed in Fahrenheit and is denoted as dt in the formula.

    Multiply 500 times the water flow rate, times the temperature difference, divided by 12,000 or 500 x q x dt/12,000. The result is the tons of capacity of the cooling tower.