Wet cooling tower glossary

Cell - a single wet cooling tower.

Wet cooling tower - a device designed to cool down water used in industry with a system allowing heat exchange with the environment. Other names for wet cooling towers:

• compact cooling tower,
• fan cooling tower,
• cooling tower,
• water cooling tower,
• micro-cooling tower.

Air intake shutters - blinds facilitating air intake and protecting the system against the suction of solid objects from the environment.
 

Wet-bulb temperature - temperature limit, to which it is possible to cool water down in given pressure and temperature conditions.
 

Mist eliminator - filling minimizing the loss of water caused by the removal of droplets from the cooling tower.
 

Connections - components supplying water that has to be cooled down to the cooling tower and draining water that has already been cooled.

Water distribution system - pipe system designed to evenly distribute cooled water onto the wet deck surface.
 

Fan - a device for creating currents and compressing gasses and vapours.