Does a Tower Tech Modular Towers require a “Bernoulli Basin” to operate properly upon startup and shutdown?
The design of early Tower Tech Modular Cooling Towers had internal reservoir capacity that was believed to be sufficient for proper tower function upon startup and shutdown in every situation. This was the case in a majority of early installations but in approximately a dozen cases the tower’s internal reservoir capacity was inadequate: at startup the tower reservoir would be sucked dry, leading to air entrainment; and at shutdown water held in the fill would overflow the tower’s internal reservoir. In those few cases, we solved these problems by recommending installation of a “Bernoulli Basin” – an external auxiliary water reservoir that operated as one with the module’s internal reservoir. We redesigned the Modular Cooling Tower in 1998, giving it 40% more internal reservoir capacity. This eliminated the need for Bernoulli Basins and no Bernoulli Basin has been installed on any new Modular Cooling Tower since 1998.
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