Today’s Goal:

Today, our goal is to give you a complete understanding of why

cooling tower inspections are so important. You will also learn the
step by step process of what happens when an inspection is
completed for any of your cooling towers.
Items that will be covered:
Counter Flow Cooling Tower Inspection Protocols
Cross Flow Cooling Tower Inspection Protocols
What to Expect After an Inspection
Importance of Preventative Maintenance
How to Plan Ahead
Now, pay close attention,
If you have ever skipped one or more
inspections, then you REALLY need
to pay close attention... Let’s begin.
COUNTER FLOW
Inspection Protocol
Once an inspection is scheduled,
Cooling Tower Depot, if the
chosen vendor, will complete a
thorough inspection of ALL of the
following components:
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

1
Inspect all Cased Walls

2 Check Louvers (if installed)

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

3 Check Rain Zone

Structure

Look at Wind Walls

and Partition Walls 4
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
Inspect Stairways, Ladders
& Safety Cages 5

6 Look at Distribution
Header Piping
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
Check Handrail System
7 Around Fan Deck

Inspect Fan Deck 8

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
Check Mechanical Equipment
(fan, drive shafts, gearboxes, motors, oil
fill, drain lines & vents, and torque tube)
9

10
Look at Fan Stack
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

Look at Fan Deck Access Hatches 11

12 Inspect Drift Eliminators

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

13 Check out any Fill Damage

Check Upper Plenum Structure (fan deck

supports, fan stack hold downs, columns and diagonals) 14
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

15 Check Fill Area (columns, diagonals, and ties)

Inspect the Distribution

System (nozzles, headers,
laterals, and pipe supports)
16
CROSSFLOW
Inspection Protocol
A crossflow inspection is slightly
different than that of a counterflow
tower. After your inspection is
scheduled, we will complete a
thorough inspection of ALL of the
following components:
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

1 Inspect all Cased End Walls

Check Louvers 2
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

3 Look at Fill Area Structure

4 Check Partition Walls

INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

Inspect Stairways, Ladders,

5 and Safety Cages

Check Distribution
Header Piping 6
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

Inspect Fan Deck 7

8 Inspect Handrail System

Around Fan Deck
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

Check Fan Stack 9

10
Check Mechanical Equipment
(fan, drive shafts, gearboxes, motors, oil
fill, drain lines & vents, and torque tube)
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
Hot Water Distribution Basins (Access
11 ladders, nozzles, floor, curbs, partitions, splash boxes,
flow control valves,
walkways, and
short walls)

Drift Eliminators, Air Seals,

and Drift Eliminator Supports 12
 INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:
Plenum Structure (plenum walkways,
columns, diagonals, transverse and longitudinal ties) 13

14 Distribution Piping
(Supports, x-overs)
INSPECTION PROTOCOL STEPS:

15 Fill, Grids, and Fill Supports

Most inspections, counterflow or crossflow,
will take between 2 to 4 hours to complete
depending on the number of cells and how
quickly we may have access.
What you get in return:
Photographs will be taken during the inspection process documenting
tower deficiencies. Once the inspection is complete, Cooling Tower
Depot will issue a detailed report of deficiencies documented, along
with a power point presentation of the photos taken.
As always, we love to see our
customers, however, the less
you see of us the better…
Yearly inspections are just one
way to keep your costs down
and your tower running at its
peak performance…
You must also keep up with your
preventative maintenance:

Change Oil Check Fan Pitch Repair Damages

 Preventative Maintenance is a must
and includes: changing the oil in the
gearboxes, checking fan pitch, and
repairing damaged tower components.
Whether your cooling towers are just a
couple years old, 5 years, or 10 years
old; every year your up-keep will
become more and more demanding
without the proper care.
Let us do the worrying for you:
Your cooling tower up-keep should be just like your car
up-keep. The maker of your vehicle has pre-set the timing
of which you need to bring your car in for an inspection.
This way your car keeps running at its peak performance
and if any issues are spotted, you can plan to take care of
those issues… no surprises, and worry free.
So don’t get overwhelmed,
we can plan ahead together:
CTD will work with you to develop a pre-set inspection plan for
your annual and preventative maintenance inspections. This will
ensure that deficiencies and repairs occur in a timely manner,
and you won’t have to worry about them.
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