COOLING TOWER PLUME | What causes it?
Cooling Tower Plume is a saturated water vapor created from the cooling process being ejected from the top of the tower, mixing with cooler ambient … Read More
Cooling Tower Plume is a saturated water vapor created from the cooling process being ejected from the top of the tower, mixing with cooler ambient … Read More
A cooling tower, although simple looking, is made up of 38 different components and systems, as detailed in the list below, to ensure it operates … Read More
This cooling tower commissioning checklist can be used and completed throughout the project and its different stages: Once the pre-functional checks have been completed, the … Read More
The types of Cooling Towers and Ponds come in many forms, sizes, and prices, but all have the same purpose, to act as a heat … Read More
Bright yellow with a red push button, an emergency push button/’e’ stop/emergency stop/disconnection is required where there is a risk of an emergency or potentially … Read More
Completing the correct pump commissioning and alignment activities ensure that the equipment installed is operating at its optimum efficiency and is fully in line with … Read More
This pump commissioning checklist can be used and completed throughout the project and its different stages: Once completed, the full functional testing of the pumps … Read More
This AHU system commissioning inspection checklist can be used and completed throughout the project and its different stages: Once completed, the entire functional testing of … Read More
Under ASHRAE Guideline 1.1 – HVAC&R Technical Requirements for the Commissioning Process 3 types of commissioning checklists are required to fully deliver the commissioning process, … Read More
Fan coil unit maintenance inspections should be completed at the following intervals – Weekly | Monthly | 6 Months | 1 Year and 4 Years, … Read More
Installing a fan coil unit, just looks like putting a galvanized box up in the ceiling and having it rattled out in a couple of … Read More
To ensure that the fan coil units operate in line with the buildings and designers’ requirements, once they have been installed there will be a … Read More
What is a fan coil unit, what does it do & how does it work?… A fan coil unit is a relatively small piece of … Read More
So what is the difference between a fan coil unit and an air handling unit? If we break down and compare the components of a … Read More
Fire codes and standards require that fire dampers are tested, maintained, and inspected with documentation at regular intervals, after installation, and throughout their intended life, … Read More
Within the construction commissioning process, documentation is written, reviewed, and approved by the commissioning team (client/contractor), to ensure that the tasks and activities needed, to … Read More
Smoke dampers are used when there is a need to install a smoke control system to protect the integrity of any fire barriers and to … Read More
Fire dampers are an integral part of a building’s fire protection system and are required as part of local and country codes. This article will … Read More
Here we cover what a typical Operating & Maintenance Manual is, why it is written and how to write one. Included are two templates, one checklist for reviewing O&M’s and the other a template, providing a typical outline/layout.
Here we run through a common Commisisoning Process that can be deployed on most projects, based upon the ASHRAE Guideline 0. We cover Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5…