310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

By: John W. Cooper, Jr., P.E.

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Course Objective

The objective of this introductory course is to provide a sound technical foundation for those professional engineers that wish to investigate the secret empirical science of natural draft cooling tower thermal design engineering.

Course Description

This course represents the first in a series of cooling tower-related training courses prepared by John Cooper, one of the world's most experienced natural draft cooling tower thermal and hydraulic design engineers. Formally trained in the Federal Republic of Germany, where the framework for modern cooling tower thermodynamics originated, John's first SunCam course utilizes numerous photographs and quality drawings as an accompaniment to his descriptions of various natural draft cooling tower designs, systems and components.

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This Course Includes:

John's thoughts on why the natural draft cooling tower has become the icon of the global nuclear power industry
A discussion of the nature of cooling tower thermodynamics
Comparison and contrasting of crossflow and counterflow natural draft cooling tower designs
The impact of micrometeorology on the thermal performance of natural draft cooling towers
Natural draft cooling tower winter operation procedures
A description of state-of-the-art natural draft cooling tower ice prevention systems

Questions about this course? Email the Author: john@johncooper.com

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(4.8) 12 Reviews

310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Nicholas Halbrook

08/17/2019

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An excellent intro course for a very complex design problem.

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Jose Meruelo

08/07/2019

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This is a very useful overview for the basics involved on this particular design

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Erwin Everett

04/28/2019

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Excellent course. Information is concise and useful in understanding cooling tower design.

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Walter David Bruce

01/19/2019

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This Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers is a very good course. I recommend it.

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Jure Smrekar

01/09/2019

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The course is very informative, clearly written, contains useful expert insights of the author and exemplary pictures. Recommended!

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Rajendra Bhatt

12/25/2018

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Very good.

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Jeff McMillen

12/18/2018

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Very good general information. Presented well

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Russell isaac

12/11/2018

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Excellent overview, good illustrations and very informative.

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Gerard Schuppert Jr

11/30/2018

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This course was quite interesting and provided a useful and illustrated introduction to theory and operation of natural draft cooling towers.

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Tom

11/29/2018

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Good background, history, driving physics

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Joseph de Armas

11/29/2018

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Informative course with some good examples. Closed some knowledge gaps and provided some history behind the technology which was also helpful.

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310-Introduction to Natural Draft Cooling Towers - For Electric Power Generating Plants

Mark A.

04/17/2018

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Great introduction to cooling towers. Pictures and diagrams appropriate and useful.

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Course Code: 100266-01

Course PDH Hours: 3

Engineering Course Approvals

This course is accepted for engineering continuing education credit in all US states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Canadian provinces.
New York rules allow only 18-hours of unsupervised online courses such as this course per license renewal period. NOTE: Due to COVID-19, NYSED is waiving the live training requirement for March 1, 2020 – January 1, 2022 renewals.
http://www.op.nysed.gov/COVID-19.html
Ohio rules allow only 6-hours of unsupervised online courses such as this course per license renewal period
Kansas rules allow only 5-hours of self-study courses such as this course per license renewal period

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