Cooling Tower Blowdown
INDUSTRIAL PLANT (SMELTER) - COOLING TOWER BLOWDOWN RECOVERY SYSTEM
Description
The plant desires to reclaim Cooling Tower Blowdown Water and utilize it for the purposes of landscape irrigation. This action benefits the plant in two ways; the daily sanitary sewer outflow will be significantly reduced and secondly the city water previously used for landscape irrigation will be conserved. To accomplish this objective, a recovery system has been engineered, designed and installed to capture the cooling tower blowdown and transfer this water to the inlet of the present landscape irrigation system or to a traveling sprinkler irrigation system.
Objectives
- Prepare Project Description, Scope of Work, and Preliminary Cost Estimates.
- Investigate city and state permitting / documentation requirements pertinent to cooling tower blowdown reclaim systems.
- Analyze plant data, determine projected water savings, estimate system equipment & installation costs and perform cost / feasibility analysis.
- Size and Select a reclaimed water storage tank, which meets size and budget constraints.
- Size and Select the transfer pump and piping system, verify selections through AFT hydraulic analysis.
- Size and Select "Rain Gun" irrigation system, verify performance with pre-selected pump.
- Determine system controls scheme and associated instrumentation needs.
- Create a P&ID for the system, and review conceptual design with customer.
- Prepare design layout(s) for the system, illustrating storage tank location, pump placement, pipe routing, tie-ins, etc.
- Prepare rebate application for submittal to water authority.
Deliverables
- Projected Water Savings Spreadsheet.
- Detailed System design P&ID.
- Equipment Specifications.
- Completed Rebate Application / Project Write -Up.
Timeline
- Award date - 10/31/02
- Design Review - 11/22/02
- System placed in service - 12/31/02