2014 Annual Conference News

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Wow, how the past two years have flown by. My tenure as CTI President ends during the upcoming Annual Conference at the Hilton North in Houston, Tx. February 3–6, 2014. It has truly been an honor to have been able to serve CTI and our member companies as your president during this period.

While much progress has been made over the past two years in a variety of areas important to the sustainability of CTI, some notable highlights from my

perspective are:• Eurovent Certification Agreement and Partnership with CTI• STD 201: Thermal Performance Certification Standards for

Packaged Cooling Towers - Expanded and improved • STD 202: Provides for publishing thermal Performance Test

results by Participating manufacturers of custom designed cooling towers

• Development of the Certification Administrator Position• Expansion of the CTI Multi Agencies Testing Program

The above accomplishments could not have been achieved with-out full cooperation and dedication of the functional committees

The Annual Conference News for Manufacturers, Owner/Operators & Suppliers of Evaporative Heat Transfer Systems Established 1990 • Published Annually • $5/Issue

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Annual Conference NewsHilton Houston North

February 3 - February 6, 2014

’14Your program committee would like to invite you and your com-pany to the 2014 Annual Conference this year held in Houston, Texas.

Along with the outstanding location we have a great program lined up for you. We have a full offering of information, educa-tion, and an opportunity to participate in some of the ongoing work on standards and codes. We believe it is our responsibility to make sure what we have to offer you can share with others at your company. As a non-profit technical organization, we are charged by our mission to bring you the most timely and latest information in the industry.

We have 26 papers being presented in a concurrent format on Monday and Tuesday. Wa-ter Treating will have one session and P&T and ES&M will have the other. We hope you find our attempt to add more technical papers to our program beneficial.

We will offer an extended time for committee work. In past winter meetings we had only a very short amount of time set aside to do the committee work. This year we have al-lowed much more time to do the work so important to the CTI. Please refer to the CTI news for times and committee work to be done.

The Water Treating Panel Discussion on Monday, 2:00p – 3:45p will be discussing Tech-niques for Heat Exchanger Life Extension.

Our program includes an Owner/Operator Seminar (w/lunch) on Tuesday from 10:00a – 2:00p. The topic to be discussed can be read about on page 3 of this newsletter.

InsideOwner Operator Seminoar ..................................... page 3Education Seminar ................................................... page 3CTI’s Newest Members ............................................ page 4Water Treating Panel Discussion ............................ page 4Licensing for Testing Agencies ............................... page 5Committee Agendas ................................................. page 8Committee Minutes ............................................... page 10

Annual Conference Program .........................pages 12-17Monday Night Dinner Information ..................... page 20List of Exhibitors and their Tables ........................ page 22Hospitality Sponsorship......................................... page 23Hotel Information .................................................. page 25Whats New in Publications ................................... page 26Registration Form................................................... page 27

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The very popular Ask The Expert session is back by demand and will be held Tuesday from 2:00p - 4:30p. Come prepared with your questions for the panel of experts. We will have folks from all the standing committees ready to support your questions with good qualified answers.

The Table Top Exhibits on Tuesday from 4:00p – 8:30p will consist of a number top ven-dors from our industry to offer you a time to view the products and services they provide.

On Wednesday from 8:00a - 12:00p the Education Program Session will cover the subject of “Reducing Risk Through Effective Design and Operation of Your Cooling Tower”.

If you don’t attend any other cooling tower related meeting or conference this year, you don’t want to miss this. The CTI program committee has put together a program that will offer the best opportunity to inform, educate and expand your knowledge about this in-dustry. We hope you come prepared to take full advantage of everything we have to offer you. A great location, outstanding food, entertainment, and a conference that will give back to the membership what you want… “Information”.

I, Paul Nelissen, Phil Kiser, Helen Cerra, John Lichtie and Jalene Fritz, your program committee, invite and welcome you to the 2014 Annual Conference. I look forward to seeing you in Houston, Texas.

Brandon Rees, 2014 CTI Program Chairman

Message From The President

Jack Bland

tasked with the development and implementation of the above standards and programs.

We just concluded the 2013 Fall Board of Directors meeting in Nashville, Tennessee and it is my distinct honor to welcome the newly elected CTI President and the three new nominated Board Members and will be announced at the luncheon on Monday, February 3, 2014. I also wish to offer my sincere appreciation to the three outgoing board members for their contributions to CTI: Phil Kiser, GE Water, Frank Michell, American Electric Power, Trevor Hegg, Evapco.

Art Brunn has requested to step down as a permanent voting member on the Past President’s Council and I have appointed Steve Chaloupka with Amarillo Gear to replace Art in this po-sition. Art has served CTI in numerous positions throughout the years, most recently as Committee Chair and Chairman of the Business communications committee. Art has served while having been honored with the CTI Lifetime member designation and we certainly appreciate his many years of service to the organization. Art will continue to provide his valuable input to CTI going forward, however, on a more limited basis.• 2014 Annual Conference: Brandon Rees and his program

committee have assembled a great series of technical papers

If you are new to our conference and seem to be a little overwhelmed look for the CTI Ambassadors (the members with ‘Yellow’ name badges). These members will be able to help you and answer any questions you may have.

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Owner Operator SessionTuesday, February 4, 2014, Da Vinci

12:00p - 2:00p - (lunch included)

2014 Education SeminarWednesday, February 5, 2014

8:00a - NoonReducing Risk Through Effective Design

and Operation of Your Cooling TowerCooling Tower Acoustics - Understanding the

Engineering and SoundsWhat is that noise? Is that too loud? What does low sound fan mean? These are com-mon questions and issues associated with sound and vibration for cooling towers installed around the world that will be discussed by Eric Miller-Klein. This session will present the basics of engineering acoustics through real life and aural examples to help make this challenging topic accessible. Understand the difference between sound power and sound pressure, why humans are so sensitive to certain sounds and less sensitive to others. Explore some common noise mitigation treatments and learn about how effective they are and their limitations. Review the current environmental noise codes around the United States and what this means for your facility or equipment. Learn about how noise is measured and what the measurement metrics and results mean.

Erik Miller-Klein is an Associate Partner and Acoustical Engineer at SSA Acoustics, LLP. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Acoustics from the State of Oregon, the only state with this certification. He is an experienced engineer with experience assisting companies with acoustical design support for a range of architectural acoustic, mechanical noise, environmental noise, and industrial noise issues. His experience focuses on the effec-tive evaluation and noise mitigation design for sound in the built environment, which includes healthcare, educational, multi-family/mixed-use buildings, commercial, civic, environmental, and indus-

trial projects. His work includes mitigation design for existing facilities with issues with excess noise, and vibration issues. He has been a featured speaker on sound and vibration at ASHRAE, Acoustical Society of America, American Society of Healthcare Engineering, and American Industrial Hygiene Association.

Design and Operation for Cooling Towers in Cold Weather

Operating cooling towers in freezing climates presents challenges for cooling tower own-ers. This is particularly true when water-side economizers are part of the system design which require very cold water. Paul’s presentation will discuss effective design issues and principles of operation for cooling towers with a focus on HVAC systems and data centers

Paul Lindahl is Director, Market Development, for the SPX Ther-mal Equipment & Services Segment. Paul has worked in various roles starting with Marley as an engineer-in-training in 1968. He is a past President of CTI, a permanent member of the Past Presi-dents Council, and has been active in many CTI Roles since 1982. Paul is currently involved in Multiple CTI Committees. He is also active in multiple ASHRAE roles, is on the Board of Directors of the Air-conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and has committee roles with Eurovent Certification, ASME and other organizations.

Risk Management and ChemistryYour Money Or Your (Cooling Tower) Life

This portion of the program will be presented by Ray Post and explores the role of water treatment chemistry in managing the risk and cost of cooling tower maintenance. Ray will expand on the basics of an effective water treatment program, identifying risks and specific practices to manage those risks.

Ray Post, P.E. is the Director, Cooling Water Technologies at ChemTreat, Inc. He has thirty-seven years industrial water treat-ment experience including thirty years in the development, ap-plication and evaluation of chemical treatment applications. Ray holds two US patents and authored more than 30 technical papers on industrial water treatment. He is a member of ASME and the National Society of Professional Engineers and active at CTI and International Water Conference (IWC). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from Princeton University.

Come and join Frank Michell, Chairman and Natasha Jones, Co-Chair for the Owner/Operator Council with the Cool-ing Technology Institute (CTI) at the CTI Annual Technical Conference in Houston, Texas. The Council is comprised of owner/operators that are responsible for cooling towers, associated equipment and/or water treating of the cooling systems at their facilities. This is an opportunity for owner/operators to hear informative presentations from recognized experts in the industry and talk with their peers about issues they are having and share lessons learned as well as best practices developed through experience.This year’s Council will feature two technical panel-type presentations followed by an owner/operator only (no suppli-ers or manufacturers present) open forum discussion. The first panel will feature recommendations on specifications and other requirements that owner/operators should consider when purchasing new towers and performing re-builds.

The second presentation will be a panel discussion by representatives from various CTI-licensed testing agencies. The goal of this session will be to help owner/operators prepare for testing activities on their equipment – learn when to test, what equipment features facilitate testing activities, the impacts that out-of-code parameters have on results, and ways to determine if problems exist prior to test team mobilization. The open discussion following the presentations is a great opportunity for owner/operators to cultivate relationships amongst each other and have candid discussion about their ongoing operations, problems, and solutions. Be sure to sign up and come enjoy the benefits of being an active participant in this Council.

How CTI Helps Owner/Operators And EPC’s Manage Performance

For several decades, CTI has been a key provider of services that reduce the performance risk around specification and ownership of cooling towers. This presentation will provide general descriptions and outline the benefits of the CTI Multi-Agency Testing Program for Thermal, Drift and coming soon for Sound performance. It will also describe the CTI Thermal Certification Program based on CTI STD-201, and its benefits. Lastly the presentation will describe the program for Publication of Custom Tower Thermal Perfor-mance Results based on CTI STD-202.

Toby Daley began his engineering career with Ceramic Cooling Tower Company in 1974. He was instrumental in the engineer-ing development and execution of safety related ultimate heat sink cooling towers for nuclear power plants, both domestically and globally. He oversaw development of large cast-in-place and precast concrete cooling towers for power plants. He was integral to the structural development, analysis methodology, and automation of the Unilite and PCS pultruded fiberglass cool-ing towers. Daley held several titles, including Vice president of Engineering, Vice President of Research and Development, and subsequently Chief Operating Officer of CCT. Additional spe-cialties include FRP structural design and finite element analysis,

tornado missile protected design, cooling tower thermal modeling, thermal rating systems and software, computational fluid dynamics modeling, forensic investigations, sound and plume abatement modeling. Daley served on the University of Texas at Arlington Civil Engineering Department Advisory Committee from 1992 to 2004. Toby Daley holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree from the University of Texas at Arling-ton.

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New CTI Members for 2013

A.C.R. Systems, Inc Agni Fiber Boards Pvt Ltd

Aria Beniz Ascend Performance Materials, Inc

Alan E. Bischof Cerex Advanced Fabrics, Inc

Chang Mei Holdings Singapore Pte Ltd Changzhou Tianma Group Co., Ltd

Cooling Parts & Services, LtdDaeil Aqua Co., Ltd

EvapTech, Inc.FasTec International

Julio Galan GEA Sistemas De Resfriamento Ltda

Genius Premier Sdn BhdGrupo CEA SA De CV

Guang Dong Kang Ming Conditioning (PT) INTI Composite Figlasindo Utama

PATKOL Public Company Ltd Polaris Energy Nicaragua S.A.

SERVCO, The Service Company, Corp Smart Sogutma Suyu Ve Aritma Tes.

Taah. LtdTecon Engineering

Vettor Torres de Resfriamento de Aqua Ltda

Wacon Engineering LtdYixing Pact Environmental Co.

Water Treating Panel DiscussionMonday, February 3, 2014 from 2:00p - 3:30p

Proper mechanical design and the engineering and administration of sound cooling water chemical treatment programs are essential to provide long-lasting service of industrial heat exchange equipment. Even so, various application issues can occur that jeopardize the functional life of these key assets. Expert speakers will present the latest technologies available to extend the serviceable utility of these critical equipment assets.

Techniques for Heat ExchangerLife ExtensionMatt Wangerin

Water Treating Chair

Message From The President continue from page 1

for the February 2014 meeting. In addition, we currently have over 45 table top exhibitors with a few spaces left for those companies who have not yet signed up to reserve a table top display. The CTI table top exhibits are a great way to promote your company and it’s capabilities to the Cooling Technology Industry, as part of the Annual Conference Program. Please contact Vicky Manser at CTI.org to reserve one of the few remaining spaces for the February conference.

• Past Presidents Council: Last, I wish to thank Jess Seawell and the other members of the CTI PPC for their solicited guidance and recommendations to me and the CTI Board on a number of issues related to our organization structure and important focal initiatives going forward.

• CTI Executive Director and Administrative Staff: A huge “Thank you” to Vicky, Donna and the CTI administrative staff for all the work they do to make all of our jobs easy on a daily basis. We are truly fortunate to have such an energetic and stable executive office staff (Note: CTI is not a Trade Association).

I look forward to seeing everyone in Houston in February.Respectfully submitted,Jack BlandCTI President 2013

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For nearly thirty years, the cooling Technology insti-tute has provided a truly independent, third party, thermal performance testing service to the cool-ing tower industry. in 1995, the cTi also began provid-ing an independent, third party, drift performance testing service as well. both these services are administered through

the cTi multi-agency Tower Performance Test Program and provide comparisons of the actual operating performance of a specific tower installation to the design performance. By providing such information on a specific tower installation, the CTI Multi-Agency Testing Program stands in contrast to the CTI Cooling Tower Certification Program which certifies all models of a specific manufacturer’s line of cooling towers perform in accordance with their published thermal ratings.To be licensed as a cTi cooling Tower Performance Test agency, the agency must pass a rigorous screening process and demonstrate a high level of technical expertise. ad-ditionally, it must have a sufficient number of test instruments, all meeting rigid require-ments for accuracy and calibration.once licensed, the Test agencies for both thermal and drift testing must operate in full compliance with the provisions of the cTi license agreements and Testing manuals which

Cooling Technology InstituteLicensed Testing Agencies

Licensed CTI Thermal Testing Agencies License Agency Name Contact Person Telephone/ Type* Address Website / Email Fax

A,B Clean Air Engineering Kenneth Hennon 800.208.6162 7936 Conner Rd www.cleanair.com 865.938.7569 Powell, TN 37849 [email protected]

A, B Cooling Tower Technologies Pty Ltd Ronald Rayner 61 2 9789 5900 PO Box N157 [email protected] 61 2 9789 5922 Bexley North, NSW 2207 AUSTRALIA

A,B Cooling Tower Test Associates, Inc. Thomas E. Weast 913.681.0027 15325 Melrose Dr. www.cttai.com 913.681.0039 Stanley, KS 66221-9720 [email protected]

A, B McHale & Associates, Inc Thomas Wheelock 865.588.2654 6430 Baum Drive www.mchale.org 425.557.8377 Knoxville, TN 37919 [email protected]

* Type A license is for the use of mercury in glass thermometers typically used for smaller towers. Type B license is for the use of remote data acquisition devices which can accommodate multiple measurement locations

required by larger towers.

Licensed CTI Drift Testing Agencies Agency Contact Person Telephone/ Name Website / Email Fax

Clean Air Engineering Kenneth Hennon 800.208.6162 7936 Conner Rd www.cleanair.com 865.938.7569 Powell, TN 37849 [email protected]

McHale & Associates, Inc. Thomas Wheelock 865.588.2654 6430 Baum Drive www.mchale.org 425.557.8377 Knoxville, TN 37919 [email protected]

were developed by a panel of testing experts specifically for this program. Included in these requirements are strict guidelines regarding conflict of interest to insure CTI Tests are conducted in a fair, unbiased manner.cooling tower owners and manufacturers are strongly encouraged to utilize the services of the licensed cTi cooling Tower Performance Test agencies. The currently licensed agencies are listed below.

2014 May 9: Deadline for Abstracts June 20: Authors Notified by Program Chair Aug 8: Copy of the first draft must

be sent to CTI office for review

Nov 7: Final draft, based on re-view comments and slides due in the CTI office

Abstract Forms can be obtained by contacting

the CTI office at 281.583.4087 or email:

[email protected]

CAll FoR PAPeRs

2015 Annual ConferenceFebruary 9-12, 2015

Sheraton New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana

The following schedule will begin the process for papers presented at the 2015 Annual Conference:

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Cooling Technology Institute

Code of EthicsWe the members of the Cooling Technology Institute (CTI), when acting on behalf of CTI, its members and the industry, will always abide by:• Behavingwithhonesty,trustworthiness,andingoodfaithinrepresenting

and performing duties for the betterment of the CTI.• Always striving toprovide thebest andmostup todate technological

information so CTI remains current with industry standards, specifications, guidelines and recommended practices for the benefit of both our members and our industry.

• Insuring that allofficialworks, statements and/oractionsonbehalfofCTIaresonotedasofficialpropertyoftheCTI.Allnon-officialworks,statementsand/oractionswillbeclearlyrecognizedasnotofCTIandareof personal opinion.

• AvoidingdamagingorcriticalactionswithotherCTImembersthatmightbe personally hurtful or degrading to their employer.

• Exposingexistingorpast conflicts and rectifying these conflicts in anexpedient manner to the best possible solution for all parties involved.

• Holding fellowCTImembers in the highest regard of respect andadmiration.

August 29, 2006

Key Features of CTI ToolKit Version 3.1• Air Properties Calculator. Fully ASHRAE compliant,

psychrometrics. Interactive.• Thermal Design Worksheet. in the “Demand Curve” Tab

which can be saved to file and retrieved for later review. Now with printable and exportable graphs.

• Performance Evaluator. in the “Performance Curve” Tab to evaluate induced draft or forced draft, crossflow or counterflow cooling tower performance. Now calculates percent performance or leaving water temperature deviation. Data can be entered manually or with an input file. Automatic Cross-Plotting. Now with printable and exportable graphs.

• New and Improved Help Files. guide you through the software, explain performance evaluation techniques and offer tips for use.

Now works with Microsoft Windows 7and all earlier Windows Operating Systems

back to Windows 95(16 MB ram recommended, and 3 MB free disk space required)

Cooling Tower Software Tools by the Cooling Technology Institute

CTI ToolKit Ver 3.1”...now Windows 7 compatable

Dress code for the Annual

Conference is Business Casual

No Ties!

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Nov 7: Final draft, based on review comments and slides due in the CTI office

Abstract Forms can be obtained by contacting

the CTI office at 281.583.4087 or email:

[email protected]

CAll FoR PAPeRs

2015 Annual ConferenceFebruary 9-12, 2015



• Wood Standards• Corrosion in Concrete Towers• Cleaning cooling Towers• ESG-153 Recommended Guidelines for Portland Cement• Tower Vibration Standard• Wood to FRP• BUL-109 Nomenclature• CH 7 and CH 8 Environmental Aspects of Cooling Towers• ESG-120 Lightning Protection Guidelines• STD-203 Industrial Cooling Towers

IX. Standing Assignments •TechnicalReviewCommittee(5yearreviews)-BillHoward •The‘AskTheExpert’Designee •TaskGroupMeetingSchedule-BillHoward •AttendanceRecording-JamesBlake •Ad-HocReviews X. New Business XI. Adjourn

Attend the Committee Meeting of Your ChoiceFebruary 4-6, 2014

Engineering Standards and Maintenance

Bill Howard - Cooling Tower Depot, Inc., ChairKen Mortensen - SPX Cooling Technologies

James F. Blake-AmericanLightningProtection(notpictured)

I. Call to Order/Announcements II. Introduction of Attendees III. Approval of 2012 Summer Workshop Meeting Minutes IV. Professional Development Hours (PDH) V. Documents Awaiting Ad-Hoc Approval VI. Documents Awaiting Board Approval VII. Documents Approved in 2012 VIII. Standing Lead Task Group Reports

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Water Treating Committee

Jon Cohen - H-O-H Water Technology - CoordinatorJim Kanuth - ChemTreat, Inc. - Vice Chair

Matt Wangerin - Ashland Water Technologies, ChairPete Elliott - GE Water & Process Technologies - Secretary (not pictured)

1. Call to Order / Announcements2. Introduction of Attendees3. Approval of Committee Minutes4. Task Group Reports

a. WTG-125 Instrumentation & Control b. WTG-126 Application of Non-Oxidizing Microbiocidesc. WTG 130b-Deposit Monitoringd. WTG 130c-Microbiological Monitoringe. WTG-158 Physical Water Treatmentf. Reformation of Task Group WTG-130a Corrosion Monitoringg. Formation of new Task Group WTG-159 Best Practices Guidelines

Cooling Water Systems5. Liaison Reports

a. ASHRAE, AWT, EPRI, ASM, NACE, IWC6. Old Business7. New Business

Press Releasecontact: chairman, cTi

multi-agency Testing committee

Houston, Texas2-November-2013cooling Technology institute, Po box 73383, Houston, Texas 77273 - The cooling Technology institute announces its annual invitation for interested thermal testing agencies to apply for potential licensing as cTi Thermal Testing agencies. cTi provides an independent third party thermal testing program to service the industry. interested agencies are required to declare their interest by march 1, 2014, at the cTi address listed.

Performance & Technology

Kenneth (Ken) Hennon - Clean Air Engineering, Vice ChairRich Aull - Brentwood Industries, Inc., Vice Chair

Toby Daley - Composite Cooling Solutions, LP, ChairJean-Pierre Libert - EvapTech, Inc., Vice Chair (not pictured)

I. Call to OrderII. Acknowledgement of AttendeesIII. Old Business - Active Task Groups: • ATC-105 Thermal Test - Rich Harrison, Chair • STD-146 Flow Measurement, David Wheeler, Chair • ATC-128 Sound - Jean-Pierre Liber, Chair • STD-201 Certification - Frank Michell, Chair and Trevor Hegg, Co-Chair • STD-202 Publication Standard - Paul Lindahl, Chair • PTG-156 Preparation for an Official CTI Thermal Performance Plume Abatement, or Drift Emission Test - Ken Hennon, Chair • PFM-143 Recommended Practice for Airflow Testing of Cooling Towers - Paul NelissenIV. New Business

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• New Guideline, Cleaning of Cooling Towers, Phillip Poll, Don Zelek – met Monday at 1:30PM. Document will include basin cleaning, disinfection and fill cleaning. Subject assignments were made on fill, eliminators, chemical treatment, and disinfection.

• Corrosion of Concrete, Narendra Gosain, Tom Kline – met Monday at 11AM. Draft document was reviewed. Scope was clarified to include concrete and related hardware and reinforcement issues.

Mechanical Equipment Task Group [Dave Suptic, Craig Burris] • STD-151 – Variable Frequency Drives, Dave Suptic – has been approved by the

Board of Directors. • New Standard – Vibration, Craig Burris – met Monday at 3PM. Worked on the

draft including monitoring, instruments, probe location, baseline development, with frequency tables and graphs. This document is expected to go to AdHoc by about the October BOD 2013 meeting.

• Chapter 11 – Electrical Components, Dave Suptic – met at 11AM Tuesday. Draft document reviewed and section organization of the document is being layed out, the specifics will be about motors.

FRP and Plastics Task Group [Glenn Barefoot, Jamie Bland] • New Guideline – Wood to FRP, John Ahern, Glenn Barefoot, Ken Mortensen – met

Tuesday at 8AM. Document outline discussed and additional input sought for several sections. Plan is to incorporate comments and send out the document for further work.

• STD - 124 – FRP Fan Stack Design, Jamie Bland – met and decided to incorporate items into existing STD-124. End this group.

• New Task Group Guideline on Fill, Eliminators and Louvers, Kevin Hole, Chris Spencer – met 11AM Tuesday. An outline covering types of fill and DE’s, processes of production, bonding, grades of plastic and thickness, flammability, physical properties and support, UV capability, and water quality subjects. This document may become 2 Standards, one on material and one on design of product. Is this a part of STD-136 or a new standard? Further discussion next meeting.

• FRP STD-137, Glenn Barefoot – Met at 11AM Tuesday. Discussed a request to include Nylon 6/6 surface veil as an option in this standard. Strongwell and Bedford

Standing Committee Minutes from July 2013Engineering Standards and Maintenance

Bill Howard - Cooling Tower Depot, Inc., ChairKen Mortensen - SPX Cooling Technologies

James F. Blake - American Lightning Protection (not pictured)James L. Baker - Composite Cooling Solutions, LP (not pictured)

Jon Bickford, Allient Energy (not pictured)

I. Call to Order/Announcements/Introduction of Attendees - At 10:01 AM, Bill Howard began the meeting. A list of 23 attendees at the Closing

meeting is available. Opening had 42 attendees, list available.

II. Lead Task Group Chair Reports Wood, Metal, and Concrete Materials Task Group [Bill Howard]

• Wood, Jane Hauser [including Redwood, Douglas Fir, Connections, and Plywood] met Tuesday at 1:30PM. Reviewed: STD – 103, 114, 119, and 134 which are expected to enter AdHoc by October BOD 2013 meeting. Designating as Historical: STD – 104 and 117. NDS effects on all of documents is now included.

will test this change in Cooling Tower operation. Standard is not in review cycle, but the voting group will consider the request. • Filament Wound Pipe STD – 154, Bill Daugherty

– Revising the standard. Changes are editorial and do not need AdHoc. Go to Board in October, 2013.

Tower Operations Task Group [Jim Baker] • Chapter 13 – Inspection of Cooling Towers,

Narendra Gosain – has been approved by the Board of Directors.

• STD-203 - Industrial Cooling Tower, Tom Toth – met Wednesday at 4PM to revisit document and plan the next steps. Expect to detail and send to AdHoc after Summer Meeting.

Hazard & Environmental Protection Systems Task Group [James Blake] • Chapter 7 (Water) & Chapter 8 (ES&M)

Environmental Aspects of Cooling System Operation, James Blake – start with comparison of comments to existing document and ask for additional international and Water Treatment input. Plan to be determined.

• New Guideline, Field Erection Practices, Tom Toth, Jon Bickford, Ken Pate – met on Tuesday at 3PM. Reviewed the draft document and comments. Need additional input to complete.

• BUL-109 Nomenclature of Industrial Cooling Towers, James Blake – Resolving last comments with Water Treatment and P&T. Ready for AdHoc soon.

• Legionella STD-159, Paul Lindahl – Ad Hoc comments being resolved. Board of Directors in October.

III. Old Business • Information, R Seismic Factor, Bill Howard –

The latest ASCE 7 document includes Rf of 1 to 1.5, continuous columns, height restriction of 50’, brace at every frame, diaphragm at 25% weight levels. A letter was received from Jim Harris detailing the multi-year Test Plan and estimate of $425,000 for that testing.

• Materials Certification – awaiting a technical director.

IV. New Business• OP304 Document Procedure – Bill Howard,

Jim Baker, and Jon Bickford commented to the Policy and Procedures Committee as input to the procedure re-draft. Re-draft is proceeding to a flow chart and procedure document for Technical Committee chairs.

• ASTM D20 – Chairman Bhyrav Mutnuri offered information and asked participation from CTI users of FRP products to the task group writing the document.

• New Groups proposed – None.

V. Adjournment at 10:36a

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Standing Committee Minutes from July 2013 continuedPerformance & Technology

Kenneth (Ken) Hennon - Clean Air Engineering, Vice ChairRich Aull - Brentwood Industries, Inc., Vice Chair

Toby Daley - Composite Cooling Solutions, LP, ChairJean-Pierre Libert-EvapTech,Inc.,ViceChair(notpictured)

1. Call to Order: The P&T Committee Chairman, Toby Daley called the closing meeting of the Perfor-

mance & Technology Committee to order at 10:00 am at the Del Mar Hilton in Del Mar, California.

2. Active Task Group Concluding Remarks a. ATC-105 (Thermal Test Code) David Wheeler, Chair. The committee met on two

occasions and discussed Appendix O (Wet bulb instrument standard) and the section on long term testing. The sub task group on uncertainty met and made significant progress and agreed to continue discussions the 3rd or 4th week of September.

Water Treating Committee

Jon Cohen - H-O-H Water Technology - CoordinatorJim Kanuth - ChemTreat, Inc. - Vice Chair

Matt Wangerin - Ashland Water Technologies, ChairPete Elliott-GEWater&ProcessTechnologies-Secretary(notpictured)

1. Call to Order - Matt Wangerin, Water Treating Committee Chair, called the Opening meeting to order at 9:00 A.M. in Del Mar, CA.

2. Minutes - The minutes from the Winter 2013 meeting were approved as written.3. Task Groups - Task Groups were set to meet per the following schedule:

• Microbiological Monitoring WTG-130c (Boudoin)• Instrumentation & Control (Dorsey)• Non-Oxidizing Microbiocides (Cohen)• Physical Water Treatment (Cunningham)• Legionella STD-159 Review (Lindahl)• Instrumentation & Control (Dorsey)• Deposit Monitoring WTG-130b (Moriarty) b. ATC-128 (Sound Test Code) Jean-Pierre

Libert, Chair (Committee Member Larry Burdick provided the summary). The com-mittee meet at their scheduled time and reviewed all comments made on the exist-ing draft. Revised draft will be distributed to committee members. The document is ready for Ad-hoc review.

c. PFM 143 (Air Flow Measurement Guide-line) Paul Nelissen, Chair. A brief meeting was held. The document requires updating to 1) incorporate current instrumentation technology, 2) add more detail for the static pressure calculation, 3) convert the docu-ment from its current format to MSWord. It is anticipated that the document will take one year to revise.

d. Sound Testing Task Force – Paul Lin-dahl, Chair. The group meet with quorum achieved. Several committee members suggested changes. A conference call will be scheduled in later July or early August to continue discussions. Topic up for dis-cussion: Who will be on the newly formed task group for application review and audit visits? This will need to be a presidentially appointed task group. Another unresolved question is how to handle sound test agen-cies who do not have thermal testing capa-bilities.

e. PTG 156 (Thermal Test Guide) Ken Hennon, Chair. Document is completed and ready for ad-hoc review.

f. STD-146 (Water flow Measurement Stan-dard) - David Wheeler, Chair. A portion of the meeting was devoted to reviewing the final draft of the Pitot Tube Study Request for Proposal document. Zan Liu and David Wheeler committed to update their respec-tive drawings. Some discussion took place on alternate flow measurement devices.

g. STD-201 (Thermal Test Certification Program) – Frank Michell, Chair. The rating manual is now complete and will be submit-ted to the BOD for approval.

h. STD 202 (Publication of Thermal Test Results) – Paul Lindahl, Chair. This docu-ment has been approved by the BOD.

i. Other. Committee Chair Toby Daley opened the floor to discussions as to how to improve the next meeting. Several items were identified and noted below:

i. All meeting rooms should have an LCD projector with screen & microphoneii. Meetings should be scheduled earlier to allow posting to websiteiii. Toby suggested that 1) all meeting agendas include specific goals of the committee, 2) all task groups have a vice chair in addition to the committee chair

3. The meeting was adjourned 11:00am.

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Monday, February 3, 2014

7:00a - 10:00a - Service7:00a - 5:00p - Registration and Paper Sales, Atrium7:00a - 5:00p - Speakers’ Breakfast, Photo Session & Prep Room, salon 17:30a - President’s Address - Jack Bland, Raphael Ballroom A7:40a - Long Range Planning - Paul Lindahl, Raphael Ballroom A7:50a - Eurovent Update - Paul Lindahl, Raphael Ballroom A8:00a - Multi Agencies Report - Mark Shaw, Raphael Ballroom A8:10a - Certification Report - Tom Weast, Raphael Ballroom A

8:30a - 9:00aTP14-01Advance Cooling Technology-Performance Evaluation of Thermosyphon Cooler Hybrid SystemJay Renew and Jay Wos, Southern Research Institute

For the past three years, Jay Renew has been employed as a Senior Environmental Engineer with Southern Research Institute. He is a Principle Investigator located onsite at the newly established Water Research Center at Plant Bowen near Cartersville, Georgia where he leads research on water related issues for the electrical power industry. Jay specializes in advanced cooling research and the management of solids from zero liquid discharge (ZLD) systems. Before joining the Southern Research Institute, Jay worked for 8 years in the water and wastewater consulting industry. Jay obtained his Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in

Agricultural Engineering from the University of Georgia. Jay is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Georgia. The thermoelectric power industry is expected to face increased competition for water rights (withdrawal and consumption) from agricultural, municipal, and industrial users. One technological option for decreasing water consumption in power plants is the Thermosyphon Cooler Hybrid Cooling Systems by Johnson Controls, Inc. The Thermosyphon Cooler (TSC) is a dry cooling technology that transfers heat from hot condenser return water to a refrigerant and then to the air without water evaporation. Operation to the TSC in series with a small pilot conventional evaporative cooling tower forms a hybrid wet/dry cooling systems.A pilot TSC hybrid system (consisting of a TSC and a small pilot conventional mechanical draft cooling tower) was installed at the Water Research Center at Plant Bower in Cartersville, Georgia. In this year-long test program, the water savings performance of the pilot hybrid cooling system is being evaluated.

9:00a - 9:30aTP14-03Composite Materials Selection for Structures in Seismic RegionsAndrew Green and Andrew Beyle, Lamar University, College of Engineering

Andrew (“Andy”) Green holds a BS in Civil Engineering and a MS in Structural Engineering. He is a registered structural engineer in the state of Texas. He has been employed in the field of Load Bearing Composites since the mid 1950’s. He was first employed in the aircraft industry. He then founded three companies to manufacture products he developed and patented. These products were for applications in the aircraft, automotive, marine, cooling tower, and construction industries. Andy currently serves in an advisory capacity at Composite Process Equipment in Fort Worth, and The Green Composite Center at Lamar University.Many of the effects of earthquake loads are proportional to the total

mass of the structure. Composites having the specific strength (1…3)*10-6m2/s2, a decimal order higher than conventional materials, are ideal candidates from this point of view. The specific stiffness (20…300)* 10-6m2/s2 of composites is much higher than conventional materials and as a result, their vibrational performance is better.Finally, energy absorption and energy dissipation is the key characteristic of any structure in dynamic loading. Composite structures absorb and dissipate more energy per unit of mass than conventional materials. This paper provides analysis and data that demonstrates the magnitude and advantage of composites over conventional materials.

9:30a - 10:00aTP14-05Innovative Tandem Blade Fans for High Efficiency Heat ExchangersCarlo Gallina of Cofimco S.R.L.

Carlo received his university degree in aerospace engineering from the Politecnico of Milan in 2004. His studies were focused on structural analysis and turbo machines in general. Since 2005 he has been working in the technical department of Cofimco S.r.l., a leader in aluminium and fiberglass axial fans manufacturing. He is now in charge of the Engineering Division of Cofimco Italy and involved in the Research & Development of high performance axial fans.Cofimco extensive research and the application of aerodynamic concepts to fan blades trough computational fluid dynamic analysis (i.e. CFD simulation) and laboratory tests pointed out in the develop-

THE 2014 CTI ANNUALAgain this year the Technical Sessions will run simultaneously between

Sunday, February 2, 2014

1:00 - 2:30p - New Board of Directors’ and Committee Chairs Meeting 101 (2012 & 2013 Board Members invited), salon 1

3:00p - 5:00p - Board of Directors’ Meeting with Committee Chairs - salon 1

4:00p - 8:00p - Registration, Atrium

5:00p - 12:00a - Hospitality Suite Open (Bar Closes @ 9:30p) Raphael Ballrooms

6:00p - 8:00p - Speaker Ready Room, salon 3

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8:30a - 9:00aTP14-02Lessons Learned from a HERO-Based ZLD SystemBrad Buecker of Kiewit Power Engineers

Brad Buecker is a Process Specialist with Kiewit Power Engineers. He has 33 years of experience in or affiliated with the power industry, much of it in steam generation chemistry; makeup, cooling, and waste water treatment; air quality control; and results engineering work with City Water, Light & Power (Springfield, Illinois) and Kansas City Power & Light Company’s (La Cygne, Kansas) station. Buecker has a B.S. in chemistry from Iowa State University. He is a member of the ACS, AIChE, ASME, CTI, NACE, the ASME Research Committee on Power Plant & Environmental Chemistry and the Electric Utility Chemistry Workshop Program Planning Committee.

A critical topic that continues to be discussed at CTI meetings is the need for water conser-vation across a broad spectrum of industries and municipal applications. More and more, plant personnel are looking at cooling tower blowdown recycle and recovery as a method to conserve water. An emerging technology is water recovery based on the high-efficiency reverse osmosis (HERO™) technology. This process includes ultrafiltration, softening, and reverse osmosis. However, the concentrating nature of cooling towers combined with chemical treatment programs subjects blowdown treatment systems to chemistry that may significantly influence performance. This paper examines lessons learned from HERO operation at a power plant in the Pacific Northwest. Difficulties included poor performance of an upstream multi-media filter, fouling of ultrafilter membranes from standard cooling tower treatment chemicals, and the somewhat belated realization that feed of a cationic polymer ahead of membrane systems is typically not a good idea. Also outlined is how improvement to the magnesium oxide feed system for a raw water clarifier significantly improved silica removal from the cooling tower makeup.

9:00a - 9:30aTP14-04Sustainability in Cooling System OperationRoy Holliday of GE Water & Process Technologies

Mr. Holliday has a total of 51 years of experience in water treatment, particularly Cooling Water Treatment, in a Technical capacity troubleshooting, program design and product development. He has worked eight (8) years in Power Stations for the UK Central Electricity Generating Board and three (3) years working for British Steel Tubes Division at a fully integrated Iron and Steel and Finishing Plant (tubes) at Corby, Northamptonshire, UK. Roy has 49 years with GE, responsibilities for UK, South East Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has been hired as a consultant by International Oil Corporations and Food and Beverage Industry Companies. He has written, presented and had published over 15 Technical Papers for various organizations and conferences.

Several aspects of sustainability apply to cooling systems. These are related to the integrity and availability of the system from an operational standpoint, and impact upon the environment and ecological balance. This involved a multitude of factors, disciplines and operation, not only of the subject cooling system, but also of outside services and ecological systems. This paper presents and discusses various factors and topics that have an influence upon the sustainability of a cooling system, related to the operation and longevity of the cooling system, and impact upon the environment, with a view to improve sustainability.

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ment of a new innovative patented design: the Tandem Blade. Scope of the present study is to examine the aerodynamic basis which determinates the fan blade efficiency, and then shows how the new design can lead to an increase in the fan performances by increasing lift and reducing vortexes generated by the blade.

10:00a - 10:30aTP14-07Restoration of Concrete Cooling Towers Damaged by Reinforcing Steel CorrosionJavier Balma and Dilip Choudhuri, Walter P. Moore And Associates, Inc.

Javier Balma, Ph.D., P.E. is a Senior Associate and Project Manager with the Diagnostics Group at Walter P Moore. He has over 8 years of experience in the field of structural assessment and restoration. His expertise includes concrete restoration, corrosion assessment and mitigation, and non-destructive testing. Mr. Balma has a Licentiate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Costa Rica and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kansas. Mr. Balma is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Florida, Kansas, Missouri, and Ohio and holds certifications as a NACE Cathodic Protection Technician (CP2) and a PTI Level 2 Unbonded PT Inspector. He is a member of the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI), the American

Concrete Institute (ACI), and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), among others.This paper describes the ongoing restoration of two reinforced concrete hyperbolic cooling towers that exhibited extensive deterioration due to corrosion of the embedded reinforcing steel. The cooling towers were constructed in 1983 and 1985 and are each 453 feet tall reinforced concrete shell structures. The restoration work included the removal and re-placement of more than 200,000 square feet of concrete and the installation of an impressed current cathode protection (ICCP) system to protect the embedded reinforcing steel from corrosion. The cost of the restoration work is approximately $53 million.

10:30a - 11:00aTP14-09Understanding Vibration SwitchesDavid Corelli, IMI Sensors

David A. Corelli holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from Wright State University and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Alabama. He has over 38 years of experience in vibration analysis, instrumentation, and sensors. He has worked as a test engineer for the Air Force Avionics Laboratory; as a Field Engineer for Hewlett Packard, Entek Scientific, and IRD Mechanalysis; and is currently the Director of Application Engineering for PCB Piezotronics. Mr. Corelli is a Category IV Vibration Analyst in accordance with ISO 18436-2 and is the President of the Vibration Institute.This paper will present the basics of both mechanical and electronic

vibration switches, explain how they are designed, how they work, and show where they are effective and where they are not. It will show their frequency responses along with the major differences in the responses of mechanical and electronic switches. Finally, it will show how the various switches meet or do not meet the new CTI Vibration Standard. A video will also be included in the presentation to show switch response using vibration shakers.

11:00a - 11:30aTP14-11Psychrometry InsightsMagose Abraham Eju

Magose Abraham Eju holds a PhD Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK and an MBA Degree in Project Management from the University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria. His PhD Dissertation was on the topic “Improving the Thermal Performance of Cooling Towers by Conditioning of Air”. He has over nineteen years of working experience in the oil and gas industry. Between 1991 and 1994, he worked with a multi-national marine company – Holt Leasing Marine - as a 3rd class marine engineer, having passed the required professional examinations and certified. Between September 1997 and June 1998 he worked as a freelance inspection engineer with a multi-national inspection company - SGS Inspection Company

Limited. Between July 1998 and September 2014, he worked with a multi-national liquefied natural gas company – Nigeria LNG Limited where he worked as a Gas Production Operator, Process Engineer and Project Coordinator. During this period, he has worked in the UK – on secondment to Shell Exploration and Production Company– and in Malaysia – on secondment to Malaysia LNG Company. He is currently into private practice specialising in Gas Business & Technology / Evaporative Cooling Systems.Psychrometry, which is the science of humid (moist) air and its properties, play an important role in the evaluation of the performance of Evaporative Heat Transfer Systems such as cooling towers. It deals with the physical and thermodynamic properties of air-water vapor mixtures. This paper provides insights into some key parameters of pschrometry.This paper uses a real-life problem that occurred at the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas plant as a case study to show how the performance of a cooling tower impacts the cooling water temperature and hence the overall performance of a water-cooled plant

9:30a - 10:00aTP14-06Cooling Water Microbial Control Impacts Overall Plant PerformanceKevin Boudreaux and Aaron Haines, Nalco Company

Kevin Boudreaux is an Industry Technical Consultant (ITC) in Nalco’s Power SBU. After graduating from Texas A&M with an BS degree in Zoology, he started his water treatment career in the early part of 2002. Kevin started with Nalco in December of 2003, and has been a technical consultant covering North America since January 2010. As an ITC, Kevin’s responsibilities have included everything from water treatment training seminars, to writing and publishing technical papers. However, most of his time is spent at plant sites, troubleshooting various systems (nobody ever calls with good news). In recent years, Kevin’s primary focus has been condenser performance monitoring and zero liquid discharge (ZLD). These

projects have included the development of a condenser performance monitoring software, as well as the research and development of novel ZLD options.Microbial inhibition, as part of a robust cooling water treatment program, presents a special challenge because of the variability in makeup water sources, plant processes, and discharge permits. Failure to maintain a proper microbial inhibition program will affect your bottom line as a result of heat rate degradation. This paper discusses how the plant designed and implemented a trial to determine the costs and effects of improved microbial inhibition practices. Results of the trial, as well as how the results were used to justify the costs for new feed equipment, will also be discussed.

10:00a - 10:30aTP14-08Comparison of Chlorination Monitoring Methods in Cooling Water SystemsTrey Cook, Michael Dorsey and Matt Walker, DuPont

Trey Cook graduated from Louisiana State University in May 2011 with a bachelors in Chemical Engineering. Since graduating he has worked for DuPont as a corporate engineering consultant gaining experience and expertise in industrial water treatment.One of the most difficult chemistry parameters to control in a cooling water system is Free Halogen levels. There are many reasons for this but primarily Halogen is different from every other type of water treatment because unlike other water treatment chemicals halogens are continuously being consumed or depleted. Chemicals that make up free halogens like Chlorine, Bromine, and Chlorine Dioxided are very strong oxidants and as such are actively depleted

by things like UV from sunlight, microbiological activity in the water as well as other treatment chemicals.

10:30a - 11:00aTP14-10Efficient Polymer Use in Cooling Tower Makeup Water Treatment at Coal-Fired Power PlantEtienne Prehoda and Yong Kim, ProMinent Fluid Controls and Emily Vsetecka, Sunflower Electric Power Corp

Etienne Prehoda is a Regional Sales Manager for ProMinent Fluid Controls, a global chemical feed equipment manufacturer. While his strength is Water and Wastewater chemical feed systems, Etienne’s passion is Dry Polymer and Emulsion Polymer feed systems; the science and engineering behind each technology. His polymer equipment installations include clarifiers for power plant cooling tower makeup water, belt presses for steel mill wastewater, GBT’s, DAF’s, clarifiers, and centrifuges in municipal water and wastewater treatment. Mr. Prehoda graduated from Michigan Technological University and the University of South Florida; he holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and

an Associates in Applied Science. Etienne served as ASHRAE USF Student Branch President and as a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; he’s served on several committees for ASHRAE and ASME. He started his career in Florida with a Consulting Engineering firm and then was recruited by a global cooling tower manufacturer. Acquisitions and subsequent transfers led him to Texas and then to Kansas. He and his family have enjoyed living in Overland Park, Kansas for 11 years. The Sunflower Electric Power Corporation operates a 349-MW coal-fired power plant with a zero liquid discharge policy. As part of the cooling tower makeup water treatment, polymer is used along with ferric sulfate in the lime/soda ash softening process in a reactor-type clarifier. Understanding fluid dynamics and polymer chemistry is critical in designing effective mixing equipment to maximize the value of high molecular weight polymer. The high efficiency polymer make-down system has provided Sunflower Electric Power Plant with consistent operation and greater performance of the clarifier and reduced the potential of a hazardous work environment.

Monday Night DinnerFebruary 3, 2014 from 6:30p - 9:30p

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11:00a - 11:30aTP14-12Challenges of the First Cooling Tower System of a Petroleum Refiner Supplied with Water ReuseSergio Pagnin, Andrea Azevedo Veiga & Tiago Queiroz Bonfim, Petroleo Brasileiro SA

Sergio Pagnin has a degree in chemical engineering from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) - Brazil, Specialization in Petroleum Processing Engineering and Master degree in Material and Metallurgy Engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) – Brazil. He works as a chemical process engineer researcher in Water Treatment and Reuse Management at PETROBRAS Research & Development Center (CENPES) - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, focusing on corrosion and microbiological control in industrial process units.Reuse of refineries wastewater as make-up water in cooling water systems has the driving forces based on environmental brazil-

ian’s restrictions and economic benefits. After almost a decade investigating wastewater treatment technologies, the use of reclaimed water in the cooling system of Petrobras, a Brazilian petroleum company, initiated in February 2012. This case history has reduced about 410,000m3 annually the amount of water supplied to refinery’s cooling tower. This system was the first to receive effluent from refinery treated as makeup water in Petrobras, becoming a benchmark for all other operating units of the company.

11:30a - NoonTP14-14Development and Application of Phosphorus Free Cooling Water TechnologyRaymond M. Post, P.E., ChemTreat, Inc.

Ray Post, P.E. is the Director, Cooling Water Technologies at Chem-Treat, Inc. He has thirty-seven years industrial water treatment experience including thirty years in the development, application and evaluation of chemical treatment applications. Ray holds two US patents and authored more than 30 technical papers on industrial water treatment. He is a member of ASME and the National Society of Professional Engineers and active at CTI and International Water Conference (IWC). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from Princeton University.Phosphate based corrosion and scale inhibitor programs emerged as the cooling water technology of choice when the water treatment

industry was strongly encouraged to eliminate chromates some 35 years ago. At the time, we were certainly aware of the control without forming phosphate deposits on hot bundles, problems with admiralty brass corrosion using only azoles, and troubles with well water iron and aluminum carryover interacting with the phosphate and escalating dispersant demand. Of course we could see the increased algae growth on the towers, and covered many tower decks and increased chlorine and biocide usage in response. We were also aware of impending phosphorus regulations already affecting laundry detergents, but still persisted in perfecting phosphorus based cooling water programs, because there simply was no reasonable alternative ....until now. This paper describes the development of a promising phosphorus free corrosion and deposit control program including laboratory and field application performance data in several challenging applications.

This ends the Water Treating Papers for Monday’s program. Below is the schedule for Monday afternoon.

Afternoon Schedule for Monday, February 3rd12:15p - 1:45p Group Luncheon

2:00p - 3:30p Water Treating Panel Discussion, Raphael Ballroom B 3:00p - 4:00p Break 3:45p - 5:00p Technical Committee Meetings • Engineering Standards & Maintenance, Raphael Ballroom B • Performance & Technology, Raphael Room • Water Treating, salon 2 5:00p - 12:00a Hospitality Suite - Donatello (Bar Closes @ 9:30p) 6:00p - 10:00p Monday Night Dinner (information on page 20)

2:00p - 2:30pTP14-15Review and Comments in the CTI Publication PTG-143: Technical Issues and Challenges Encountered During On-Site Testing

Peter Holkers, HowdenPeter Holkers is an aerodynamic engineer at Howden Netherlands, where he has been since 2009. His work involves developmental research and fan performance testing, both under laboratory conditions as well as on-site. He also provides technical support with regard to trouble shooting issues and assists the Howden Netherlands Service department when preparing for, or while conducting, on-site fan performance tests.Optimizing the performance of a fan assisted cooling tower can save significant amounts of energy consumption. For this purpose it is crucial to practically verify the intended fan duty point. In practice the determination of the operating point of a cooling fan is

typically limited to the determination of the air volume flow rate through the fan or through the cooling tower as a whole. CTI publication PFM-134 “Recommended practice for air flow testing of cooling towers” provides detailed instructions on how to perform such an air volume flow rate test on a cooling tower.

11:30a - NoonTP14-13Preventive Maintenance for Cooling Towers Utilizing Gamma Scanning TechnologyPaul Chila, Quantum Technical Services, LLC

Paul Chila earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Akron. He has been involved with all aspects of process design and troubleshooting from the start of his career in 1991 to the present. Paul aided in the development and finalization of the cooling tower monitoring program patented by Quantum Technical Services, LLC and maintains all records of cooling tower information for clients worldwide.One of the most common questions asked concerning high ef-ficiency cooling towers is “how do we know what is happening inside the fill section?” Quantum Technical Services has developed and patented a gamma scanning technical to address this question directly. Utilizing a gamma scan of the fill section, we calculate

the bulk density of all material in the fill. This technology, applied over several scans on a tower over time, has proven to be the most informative and cost effective method to determine the effectiveness of chemical treatment and help guide treatment companies in their treatment strategies.


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2:30p - 3:00pTP14-17Wireless Vibration Monitoring for Cooling TowersJeremy Frank and Matt Cowen, KCF Technology

Dr. Jeremy Frank is the President and co-Founder of KCF Tech-nologies, Inc., a leader in developing innovative solutions in low power wireless sensing, energy harvesting, and smart material de-vices. Dr. Frank earned his Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration from the Pennsylvania State University. He has been engaged for over a decade on the development and optimization of innovative low power sensors and actuators. KCF leverages both government and industry-funded research to accelerate the transition of advanced technologies to commercial products. Under Dr. Frank’s leadership, company revenues have grown at an average annual rate of over 60 percent

per year since its founding.The presentation explains how wireless vibration monitoring can be used as part of a pre-dictive maintenance program to monitor the health of cooling towers. Benefits of wireless vibration monitoring of cooling towers will be discussed and a case study will be presented.

7:00a - 10:00a - New Member’s Breakfast, Salon 10

7:00a - 10:00a - Service, Atrium

7:00a - 5:00p - Registration and Paper Sales, Atrium

7:00a - 5:00p - Speakers’ Breakfast, Photo Session & Prep Room, salon 18:00a - 8:30a

TP14-16Calcium Removal from Cooling Tower Water by Ion ExchangeDr. Patrick Littlejohn, Alex West and Dr. David Kratochvil, BioteQ Environmental Technologies

Dr. Patrick Littlejohn is a Senior Technology Development Specialist at BioteQ Environmental Technologies, a water treatment company that offers proprietary technologies and leading technical expertise to selectively recover dissolved metals and remove substances such as sulphate and selenium from wastewater impacted by mining activities. Patrick joined BioteQ in March 2013 and has quickly become an integral member of the team responsible for the company’s technology innovation and new market development. Since joining BioteQ, Patrick has been involved in the commercialization of BioteQ’s Sulf-IX™ and Selen-IX™ ion exchange technologies and has assisted in flowsheet development for several integrated water

treatment processes. Patrick completed his Masters of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia in the department of Materials Engineering on the subject of copper sulphide leaching and kinetic modeling. He completed his PhD at the University of Queensland in Chemical Engineering, where he was the recipient of the 2012 Trailblazer Research Commercialization award for research involving ion exchange scavenging of nickel from laterite tailings.Make-up waters with elevated calcium hardness tend to increase the risk of scaling in circulating cooling systems where the concentration of calcium increases through higher Cycles of Concentration (COC). To prevent calcium scaling, cooling towers control the calcium concentration in circulating loops by adjusting the volume of liquid blow-down. In cases where calcium is the blow-down determining constituent, the build-up of calcium can severely limit the extent of water re-use. With increased water scarcity in many areas of the SE USA, the need to reduce water consumption in cooling towers by increasing the COC is of significant importance. An ion exchange based technology has been developed to selectively remove calcium from aqueous streams effectively eliminating calcium as the limiting constituent for COC. A case study will be presented where calcium is the limiting constituent for COC and the technology is shown to significantly reduce water consumption by increasing the COC.

7:00a - 10:00a - New Member’s Breakfast, Salon 10

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7:00a - 5:00p - Registration and Paper Sales, Atrium

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TP14-21Cooling Tower Fire Protection Materials Evaluation in a Fossil PlantMatt Wangerin and Emery Lange, Ashland Water Technologies

Matt Wangerin is currently the Cooling Water Business Manager for Ashland Water Technologies. He has over twenty years experience in various aspects of water treatment, having started his career as a metallurgist and failure analyst before moving into the commercial part of the business and product management. He has co-authored papers for the Cooling Technology Institute (CTI) and Nace. He currently is the Chairman of the Water Treating Committee for the Cooling Technology Institute. Matt hold Master of Science Degrees in Materials Science and Management from the Stevens Institute of Technology.This paper investigates an often overlooked, but critical portion of

the cooling system—the life expectancy of a cooling tower fire protection sprinkler system piping. It describes the operating experience of the Hugo Power Plant’s sprinkler system, as well as analytical data on material of construction options. The authors explain how overlooked installation processes may have a substantial negative impact on maintenance expenditure and system reliability.

8:30a - 9:00aTP14-23Structural Modification of a Power Plant’s River Water Intake to Minimize Ice BlockageFrank Michell, American Electric Power and Marcela Politano & Yushi Wang, IIHR-

Hydroscience & Engineering at the University of IowaFrank Michell is Manager of the Applications Engineering and Balance of Plant Mechanical Equipment Group of the Engineering Services Organization of American Electric Power responsible for providing engineering services to AEP’s Fossil Hydro Generating Fleet in the areas of Mechanical Engineering Analysis including fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, stress analysis, CFD modeling and balance of plant mechanical equipment & system expertise/design basis for pumps, heat exchangers, cooling towers,

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3:00p - 3:30pTP14-19Advanced Cooling Solutions for Water ConservationJean-Pierre Libert, Evapco, Inc. and Jay Renew of Southern Research Institute

Jean-Pierre R. Libert is Technical Director for EvapTech Inc. He plans, directs and controls the technical matters involving thermal evaluations, ratings and optimizations of all mechanical draft, natural draft and plume-abated towers, mechanical equipment selections, low sound applications, water chemistry, thermodynamic R&D and related product development activities. Jean-Pierre holds a M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Faculté Polytechnique of Mons, Belgium, and has been an active member of the Cooling Technology Institute since 1985. He is member in good standing of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Prior to joining EvapTech, Jean-Pierre had extensive

cooling tower industry experience acquired since 1979 in a variety of assignments in Belgium, Mexico and the U.S.AThe eco wet-dry cooler, developed by EVAPCO, conserves water and energy used at power plants by using an innovative wet-dry fluid technology. The cooling tower works in wet-dry mode during the hot summer months and in dry mode other times of the year. In wet-dry mode, hot water is first cooled through dry coils and further cooled through additional tubes sprayed with treated water. In dry mode, the spray system is off, using no water and no water treatment chemicals. In addition, the eco wet-dry cooler has a limited visible water cloud, or condensate plume, in wet-dry mode and zero visible plume in dry mode. This technical paper presents data related to the thermal performance, water use and energy use of the pilot unit after several months of operation.

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HVAC & dust collection and other misc. equipment. Frank is active in several Industry Organizations including Cooling Technology Institute, EPRI and ASME. Frank is serving as Vice President of the CTI Board of Directors and in 2003 served as CTI President. Frank holds a BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York.A numerical study was conducted to evaluate design alternatives to alleviate ice accumulation at the river intake. A numerical model to predict the ice transport and accumulation at the river intake was developed and validated. The model was used to understand the main phenomenon leading to ice transport and accumulation. This paper will describe the use of the model to analyze the effectiveness of mitigation measures. A mitigation plan consisting of intake modifications to be implemented during several phases is presented. In the first phase, large pipe openings are cut in the walls separating intake pump wells of previously retired units at the facility. In the second phase, a number of sediment control vanes previously placed in front of the intake will be removed to facilitate downstream ice transport. A third phase, if needed to be implemented, involves removing additional sedimentation control vanes and cutting holes in the pump wells on the operating units.

9:00a - 9:30aTP14-25Noise Control of Water Cooling Towers in Rome’s Hospital AreaDr. Augusto Papa, Italian Workers Compensation Authority

Augusto is a member of the Acoustics Committee an Italian organization for standardization ISO member (UNI) and acoustic measurement of the accredited calibration Laboratories WG of the National Institute of Metrological Research and a member of the Physical agents WG for the preparation of the Consolidated Law on safety in the workplace. He entered in the first list of competent technicians in environmental acoustics of the Campania region, writing to the Board of Technicians Engineer of Naples and the Board of Expert Witness, Court of Naples and Public Prosecutor’s office. He is an author and curator of many publications and books on the acoustics theme. Augusto is a lecturer in the university and

accredited training centers. His national benchmark is in public administration for the organization of conferences and workshops on acoustics and vibration. He is the President of the Italian Center for the Environment, a recognized Italian non-profit organization.The study concerns a noise impact prediction, in order to establish compliance according to the contract, of new water cooling towers that will be installed following the completion of a modern central cooling subservient to the General Hospital “A. Gemelli” in Rome. To characterize the existing cooling towers of the refrigeration unit, and to detect the residual noise of the area, sound level measurements were carried out during the night. These samples, together the data of sound emission of the new sources (certified by the manufacturer), were used in order to build the prediction noise scenarios using the “CADNA” software and other appropriate algorithms.

9:30a - 10:00aTP14-27 AEP’s Experience with Failure Modes in FRP Cooling TowersBob Cashner, American Electric Power and Hota GangaRao, West Virginia University

Bob Cashner is a principal engineer with American Electric Power and works out of the corporate headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. He received a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri – Rolla. Bob has more than 25 years of experience with heat exchangers (e.g. cooling towers, feedwater heaters and condensers), pumps and balance of plant equipment. Bob is a member of ASHRAE, ASME and ASTM, and has presented several technical papers at CTI, EPRI and ASME conferences.The intent of this paper is to share information on how pultruded fiberglass members can fail or be structurally compromised. Failed or cracked fiberglass columns were found in five towers (for AEP)

during construction or after 18 months of operation. The failed or cracked columns were attributed to misuse of fiberglass bearing pads or poor construction procedures. Several failed columns and horizontal members were also damaged from ice. Surface blisters were noticed in two of the new towers after 2 to 18 months of operation. A summary of these events will be discussed in this paper along with the probable reasons and actions AEP is taking to prevent a reoccurrence.

8:30a - 9:00aTP14-18Providing Water Resiliency for Power and Process Cooling ApplicationThomas P. Carter, P.E. and James W. Furlong, Johnson Controls, Inc.

Tom Carter is the Sr. Program Manager, Heat Rejection Technology, for Johnson Controls. His primary focus within Johnson Controls is to concentrate on innovative heat rejection technologies for industrial applications. Prior to joining Johnson Controls in 2011, Tom had a 34 year career at Baltimore Aircoil Company. Most of his experience related to research and development activities. He is the inventor of record on 19 U.S. patents and numerous foreign patents relating to evaporative and hybrid cooling systems and ice thermal storage products. Mr. Carter is a registered Professional Engineer in Maryland. He holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Science Degree in Computer

Science from the Johns Hopkins University. Throughout the world, many users are or will be facing growing competition for the use of freshwater resources. Resulting restrictions in freshwater availability for evaporative cooling use may lead to potential production constraints. Johnson Controls has recently developed the Thermosyphon Cooler Hybrid System (TCHS), a combination of equipment and controls, which has the potential to significantly reduce make-up water requirements of conventional evaporative cooling systems while still maintaining the maximum peak process efficiencies on the hottest summer days. This paper will detail the TCHS and the ways it can provide water resiliency to power and processes relying on evaporative cooling.

9:00a - 9:30aTP14-20Premature Failure of Open and Closed Recirculating Cooling Water and Fire Water System Piping and Equipment - Are You Responsible?Robert J. Cunningham, Arthur Freedman Associates, Inc

Bob earned a BS in Chemistry, and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, and he is a Licensed Professional Engineer in CA. He is also a NACE Certified Corrosion Specialist, and he is certified by USDA to develop, apply, and oversee HACCP plans, which insure the safety of our food products. Bob has long term experience successfully developing and applying water treatment programs across the entire breadth of industry and his background includes product development laboratory, product management, marketing management, field service, sales and sales management. Bob is currently a Vice President and Consultant at Arthur Freedman Associates, Inc., where he consults internationally on problems

associated with domestic and industrial water preparation plants, boilers and steam plants, open and closed cooling water systems, process water systems, refinery process chemicals, and waste water treatment programs. In addition, Bob provides litigation support in a variety of actions, as well as custom training programs for facility engineers and managers, as well as water treatment service personnel.In recent years there have been a relatively large number of unexpected, premature failures of system water piping associated with HVAC, Process Cooling, and Fire Water systems in modern buildings designed for commercial, residential, health care, governmental, and manufacturing occupancy. Facilities designed to provide long term service life are failing due to severe corrosion resulting in complete penetration of circulating water piping as a result of severe pitting type attack. This corrosion is occurring on the water side in both galvanized and un-galvanized carbon steel and copper piping. It is not uncommon to encounter systems where complete penetration has occurred within 4 to 8 years after initial commissioning, even though it appears to the building management team that an appropriate water treatment program is in place. These premature failures are now finding their way into the courts, as attempts are made to determine responsibility and to seek compensation for these failures, resulting in severe reduction in asset value.

9:30a - 10:00aTP14-22PH Impact on Inhibitor PerformanceRobert J. Ferguson , French Creek Software, Inc.

Rob Ferguson began modeling mineral scale formation and its control in 1974 and continues to be a major contributor to the practical application of physical chemistry to identifying and solving industrial water treatment challenges. Rob wrote much of the software in use today for cooling water, reverse osmosis, and oil field chemistry. He cofounded French Creek Software in 1989 and has presented and published papers at AWT, NACE, the IWC, CTI, ACS, AWWA, and in many trade journals. His motto is “Physical Chemistry for Fun and Profit.” Rob was educated at the US Naval Academy and University of Minnesota and received a BS in Biochemistry and Microbiology in 1971. Rob worked in

research, marketing, and software development for several major water treatment service companies prior to cofounding French Creek Software in 1989,Water treatment chemists have long observed that some scale inhibitors work better at high pH rather than low pH, and that some inhibitors have little, if any activity at very low pH. Examples would be the effectiveness of polyacrylic acid at high pH as a calcium carbonate inhibitor, as in ash sluice and some mining applications, mediocre performance near a neutral pH, as in cooling water applications, and very low activity in an acid pH range, as in gypsum control in the pH range from 2 to 4. This paper provides a framework for evaluating relative inhibitor activity using dissociation profiles for common inhibitors and calculating the distribution of inhibitor species versus pH. Minimum effective dosages and inhibitor species concentrations are used to calculate the relative efficacy of different dissociation states for common technical grade scale inhibitors.

THE 2014 CTI ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM continuedRaphael Ballroom B (Water Treating Sessions)

continued from page13

Raphael Ballroom A (ES&M and P&T Sessions)

This ends the ES&M and P&T Papers for TuesdayContinued activities for Tuesday is on page 17

Owner/Operator Seminar(box lunch included)

Tuesday, February 4, 2014Noon - 2:00p

Da Vinci Roomlead by:

Frank Michell w/AEP &Natasha Jones w/Bechtel

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7:00a - 10:00a Services7:00a - 5:00p - Registration and Paper Sales, Atrium7:00a - 8:00a - Speakers’ Breakfast, salon 18:00a - 12:00p - Educational Seminar, Raphael Ballroom A - information on page 312:00p - 1:30p - Lunch on your own1:30p - 5:00p - Technical Committee Meetings - (same rooms as Tuesday)2:00p - 3:00p - Services5:00p - 8:00p - Hospitality Suite (Bar closes @ 8:00p) - Dontallo Room

10:00a - NoonTechnical Committee Work

• Engineering Standards & Maintenance Raphael Ballroom A• Performance & Technology Raphael Ballroom B

• Water Treating salon 2

Noon - 2:00pOwner Operator Seminar (w/box lunch)

Da Vinci Room

Noon - 2:00pLunch on your own

2:00p - 3:00p Services

2:00p - 4:30p Donatello Room

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Thursday’s activities involve the Board of Directors and Committe Chairs only7:30a - 8:15a Board of Directors’ (includes Committee Chairs) Breakfast, Campabello Room8:30a - 2:00p Board of Directors’ Meeting, salon 3


continued activities for Tuesday, February 4, 2014

10:00a - 10:30aTP14-24Pairing Two Proprietary Technologies Key to Power Plant Efficiency IncreasesDarcy Dauterive and Jeff Kisty, Ashland Water Technologies

Darcy has 27 years of industrial water treatment experience gained from regional and corporate chemical sales and technical support assignments. She currently works as a liaison between market development and field deployment of proprietary water treatment analysis and control devices. She has co-authored and presented at past IWC conferences. Darcy has a B.S. Chemical Engineering / Purdue University– West Lafayette, IN (1982)A zero liquid discharge power plant, with five ppm of iron in the make-up water, had been experiencing condenser fouling for over twenty years. The plant was shut down two to three times per year to clean the condenser in order to maintain efficient power production.

The condenser and fill fouling was estimated to cost the plant approximately 5% in lost efficiency. Major changes were implemented to the traditional microbiological control, deposit control, and side stream softening programs that the plant had used for years. In order to assess the program performance, an OnGuard 2-plus analyzer was installed on the cooling system. This proprietary monitoring/control system accurately simulates the steady state conditions in plant heat exchangers while revealing differentiation among various causes of fouling (i.e. sedimentation, scaling, microbiological, etc.). This diagnostic tool, acting as a window into the cooling system, was essential to validating the response to the treatment program changes before they could impact plant efficiency. As a result of the program modifications, the plant is setting power generating records and shows no indication of condenser fouling.

10:30a - 11:00aTP14-26CooliSS: A Modeling Tool for Scaling Prediction in Condenser Cooling Circuits with Cooling TowersCyril Marconnet, EDF-Ceidre

Graduated from the Ecole Centrale Paris as engineer and Ph.D., I worked for five years with Veolia Water company, on R&D projects carried out on behalf of the Syndicat des Eaux d’Ile de France. My projects aimed at anticipating the future evolu-tions of the process in three big drinking water treatment plants, located in the suburbs of Paris, especially the implementation of membrane filtration processes (MF, NF), to improve water quality at the outlet of the plant. I have been working now for one year for EDF, the French main electricity production and transportation company, on the topic of scaling in the cooling circuit of nuclear power plants and in particular on the packing

in the cooling tower. One of the main issues of condenser open recirculating cooling systems is scaling. This can have high economic consequences due to a loss of thermal exchange, an increase of maintenance costs and potentially plant shutdown. To tackle this problem, EDF, which operates 30 condenser open cooling circuits in nuclear power plants in France, has developed a modeling computer program called CooliSSC, to help optimize chemical treatment. CooliSS is based on a chemical mass balance model and can provide previsions of cooling water chemistry evolution within the cooling circuit, as a function of operating conditions. The software was developed under the open source environment Scilab/XcosC . Phreeqc is used for the calculation of water chemistry in each component of the circuit (chemical speciation, pH and saturation index calculation, etc.). The model is based on theoretical considerations. A case study will be presented in this paper.

Raphael Ballroom B (Water Treating Sessions)

4:00p - 8:30p Table Top Exhibits

list of exhibitors [to date] on page 18& Hospitality Suite

(Bar Closes @ 9:30p)Raphael Ballrooms

Water Treating continued from page 16

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• Instrumentation & Control: This Task Group will now be referred to as WTG-125. Mike Dorsey and Trey Cook have made excellent progress over the past 6 months via monthly conference calls with distribution of document sections. Several sections have been completed, with only a small number of sections remaining.

• Microbiological Monitoring WTG-130c: Paul Schook, the chairman for this Task Group, was not present. The task group was represented by Latria Boudoin, who reported progress from Winter 2013 meeting. The specific method of detecting biofilms in cooling systems is still needed. Paul Schook to continue conference calls to move toward completing document after the February 2014 Winter Meeting.

• Deposit Monitoring WTG-130b: Barb Moriarty, the chair for this Task Group, was not present, and it is believed she will not return to CTI. A new TG chair is needed. Pete Elliott and Matt Wangerin supplied historical sections of document for distribution to and members of this Task Group, and work continues.

• Corrosion Monitoring: WT Committee discussed the history of “Corrosion Testing Procedures-STD-149 (2000)”, and the “Corrosion Monitoring” WTG #130a. Consolidation of these documents was a possible consideration. Art Brunn and Matt Wangerin investigated STD-149 and WTG-130. STD-149 relates to use of corrosion coupon strips only and can be renewed as written. The work previously performed on WTG-130a “Corrosion Monitoring” appears to have been lost, and the WTG-130a needs to be resurrected to work in accordance with WTG-130b and WTG-130c to create 3 new sections to update WTG-130.

• Physical Water Treatment: This Task Group will now be referred to as WTG-158. The focus of this document is how overall performance is monitored. Bob Cunningham, acting as interim chair, reported that Mark Winter had effectively authored a first draft document, which is a summary of devices/technologies involved. Bob felt this document should specify table of technologies as clearly as “claims” and not based on documented proof/case data. Performance criteria should be based on basic standards in the areas of corrosion, deposition, and microbiological control. Bob reported that the document is to a point where these devices devices/technologies can be measured against, in an objective manner. Wangerin suggested that Cunningham should research and include as part of this document, a reference to the prior research project sponsored by ASHRAE (Drexel University?).

Water Treating Minutes from July 2013 continuedcontinued from page 11

• Application of Non-Oxidizing Biocides: This Task Group will now be referred to as WTG-126. Jon Cohen is acting as chair. An outline will be generated, from which selected individuals from within the task group will be required to write designated sections, in a fashion similar to that of the Oxidizing Biocides document (WTG-141). Cohen reported that this document needs to include a matrix for Non-Oxidizing biocide actives and required dosage rates of those actives. Bill Pierson offered that AWT has completed a matrix for Non-Oxidizers, and this resource can be used by this TG with proper citation/footnotes.

4. Liaison Reports• NACE (Trey Cook reporting): Annual

meeting held in March. All water treating-related committees are getting thinner with respect to attendance and participation.

• IWC (Jack Bland reporting): The October meeting held in San Antonio was extremely well-attended. Overall, the meeting was considered successful.

• AWT (Bill Pierson reporting): Annual convention occurred in October, 2012, with the 2013 meeting also slated for October at the Mohegan Sun Resort in Connecticut. AWT continues to conduct 2 Technical Training seminars each year, with 1 held on the east coast and one of on the west coast in the U.S. These seminars remain extremely popular. One does not need to be member of AWT to attend. On a separate but related note, the “CWT” (certified water treater) designation is still being issued by AWT to qualified participants and is reviewed for renewal every 5 years. AWT started the Student Enrichment and Education Development (SEED) program at 24 universities.

• ASHRAE (Bill Pierson and Jon Cohen reporting): STD 188P is out for public comment for the 3rd time. This has been an 8-year period for public approval. Some members from the original committee have since retired or passed away. The drawn-out public approval process has ASHRAE concerned to the point of elevating the 188P document to “Policy Standard” status. Only 2 other documents in ASHRAE’s history have been elevated to such a status. AWT and CTI should continue to consider partnering with ASHRAE for the purpose of co-funding a research project. From previous experience, the co-funding

option does lead to an easier path toward approval of any research project. Any proposed project ideas need to be submitted to Matt Wangerin for initial approval, and will be submitted according to a standardized format. The next ASHRAE meeting is scheduled for January 18-22, 2014. Abstracts for papers are due by August 13, 2013. One area that has gained ASHRAE focus is “Hydronic System Design for Efficiency in Large Buildings”.

5. Old Business• CTI is still interested in sponsoring research projects, such as Pitot tube

topics (Bland). • WTG-141 “Application of Oxidizing Biocides” has been submitted

for CTI final Board approval, which is expected to occur. WTG-142 “Treatment of Galvanized Cooling Towers to Prevent White Rust” has been approved by the Board and appears correctly in PRM-102.

• A suitable subject for the Annual Meeting Water Treating Panel Discussion was discussed and needs to be finalized.

6. New Business Jack Bland proposed idea for a new Task Group to develop a new document/

white paper be produced detailing performance standards or Best Practices Guidelines Cooling Water Systems - for each type of industry or stressed vs. non-stressed cooling systems. This Task Group will be referred to as WTG-159. The performance standards for consideration in this document will be in the major areas of corrosion, deposition, and microbiological control. Emphasis is to be placed on the fact that this document will not be considered a “Standard”, so there will not be the liability associated with it that usually would be the case. Jack Bland did offer to provide a document based on information currently residing in public domain.

The meeting adjourned at 10:45 A.M.

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Dress CoDe for the

Annual Conference is Business Casual

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Make your plans to attend

Future Meetingsfor CTI

July13-16, 2014Sheraton Steamboat

Steamboat Springs, CO

February 8-12, 2015Sheraton New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

July 12-15, 2015Tradewinds Island Resort

St. Pete Beach, FL

February 7-11, 2016Hilton Houston North

Houston, TX

Once upon a time... long, long ago, 96’ to be exact, in The Great State of Texas, lived a man. A hungry, fun loving manly man. Week after week he would get drug out to Restaurants and Sports Bars to eat

the same plain tiresome food in the gull-darn-dess boring places imagin-able. He dreamed of a spot where he could enjoy sports and have a great meal at the same time. A place where you could meet your friends and bring your family. A place that would make him happier than a gopher in soft dirt. Well just like his momma used to tell him... if you want some-thing done right you got ‘a do it yourself, and that’s when the idea of

was born.

Monday Night DinnerFebruary 3, 2014 from 6:30p - 9:30p

$70/per personappetizers, salad

choice of beef, chicken or Fishw/vegetables and Desserts

(includes an Open Bar)

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SeminarTuesday,

February 42:00p - 4:30p

in theDonatello Ballroom

information on page 3

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2014 CTI Annual ConferenceTable Top Exhibitors

Hilton Hotel • Houston, TexasTuesday, February 4, 2014, 4:00p - 8:30p

The following companies have reserved their tables for exhibiting:

1. French creek software2. chemTreat, inc3. Design controls4. Prominent Fluid5. composite cooling solutions6. gea 2H Water Technologies7. resolite8. c.e. shepherd co.9. scale blaster11. midwest Towers14. Denso15. strongwell16. cleanair engineers19. Tower Tech20. mcHale & associates24. Waterline controls25. symcom27. Hewitech gmbH28. Taylor Technologies29. ashland Water Technologies30. imi sensors32. glocon34. cooling Tower resources35. rain For rent38. special Pathogens lab39. baltimore aircoil company40. brentwood41. structural group42. rexnord43. sonitec44. g&g marine45. FasTec46. Cofimco47. Hudson Products48. Proco Products49. amarillo gear company50. evapTech, inc51. aggreko52. Dynamic Fabricators53. bedford Plastics54. sPX cooling Technologies

There are plenty of spaces still left for your company to exhibit. Spaces already re-served are indicated by the red boxes. Don’t forget to reserve your space at $1200/space.

For information on reserving your table

contact Virginia Manser at 281.583.4087

or [email protected]

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CTI Thanks The Following Sponsors For Their Contributions

To The Hospitality Suites For 2014

1. Advance Cooling Towers, Inc2. Aggreko Cooling Tower Services3. AmarilloGearCompany4. American Cooling Tower, Inc5. BailscoBlades&Castings,Inc6. Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc7. Bedford Reinforced Plastics8. Brentwood Industries9. C.M. Towers, Inc10. ChemTreat, Inc11. Composite Cooling Solutions LP

Full Conference(s) Sponsorship12. Cooling Tower Depot, Inc13. Ecodyne Limited14. Evapco, Inc; EvapTech, Inc; Evapco - BLCT Dry Cooling15. Evergreen Cooling Technologies, Inc16.GEA2HWaterTechnologies,GEA 2HWaterTechnologiesGmbH17.GEAHeatExchangers,Inc18. Hudson Products Corporation19. Infinity Fasteners, Inc

20. John Calvitti Company, Inc21. Liang Chi Industry Co., Ltd22. MasterTech Services Inc23. Midwest Towers, Inc24. Moore Fans LLC25. Paharpur U.S.A. Inc26. Precision Cooling Towers, Inc27. Rexnord Corporation28. SPX Cooling Technology, Inc29. Strongwell30. Tower Performance, Inc

Press Releasecontact: chairman, cTi

multi-agency Testing committee

Houston, Texas2-November-2013cooling Technology institute, Po box 73383, Houston, Texas 77273 - The cooling Technology institute announces its annual invitation for interested thermal testing agencies to apply for potential licensing as cTi Thermal Testing agencies. cTi provides an independent third party thermal testing program to service the industry. interested agencies are required to declare their interest by march 1, 2014, at the cTi address listed.

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Earn PDH Credits while meeting and

working with others in the

industry.(information when you register)

Dress CoDe

for the Annual

Conference is-Business Casual

No Ties!

CTI’s Elected President for 2014 & 2015Frank Michell w/American Electric Power

Frank Michell is Manager of the Applications Engineering and Balance of Plant Mechanical Equipment Group of the Engineering Services Organization of American Electric Power responsible for providing engineering services to AEP’s Fossil Hydro Generating Fleet in the areas of Mechanical Engineering Analysis including fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, stress analysis, CFD modeling and balance of plant mechanical equipment & system expertise/design basis for pumps, heat exchangers, cooling towers, HVAC & dust collection and other misc. equipment. Frank is active in several Industry Organizations including Cooling Technology Institute, EPRI and ASME. Frank is serving as Vice President of the CTI Board of Directors and in 2003 served as CTI President. Frank has previously been Chairman of the ASME Power Division Heat Exchanger Committee and is currently on the ASME Power Division Executive Committee serving as Vice Chair of the Division. Frank holds a BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York.

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Cooling Technology InstituteAnnual Conference, February 3-6, 2014

HOTEl INFORMATIONHIlTON HOuSTON NORTH, HOuSTON, TExAS

281.875.2222 or CTI WEBSITE

Hotel Cut-Off Date - January 20, 2014• CHECk-IN TIME IS 3:00PM • CHECk-OuT TIME IS 12:00PM

Standard Accommodations: Single - $157++ / Double - $167++


working with others in

the industry.(Information when

you register)

Make your plans to attend

Future Meetingsfor CTI

July13-16, 2014Sheraton Steamboat

Steamboat Springs, CO

February 8-12, 2015Sheraton New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

July 12-15, 2015Tradewinds Island Resort

St. Pete Beach, FL

February 7-11, 2016Hilton Houston North

Houston, TX

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CTI’s committees are working on a 5-year revision program for each of our Standards and Chapters by looking a each every 5-years and revising and reprinting those that need to be updated with new and better information and reprinting those that are correct as stand. As you may realize with the number of Standards and Chapters that CTI has, this will take some time to have each completed and reviewed on a 5-year rotation but our standing committees are well underway. Information will be posted in each Standard and Chapter located on the second page left hand corner that shows when it was revised and the year it will be reviewed again.

Our newest Standards are: STD-124 as of 07/2013: FRP Fan STack Material - This specification covers the mate-rial of construction, workmanship, physical properties and methods of testing fiberglass reinforced plastic panels used int he construction of cooling tower fan stacks ..... $15.00

STD-201RS as of 08/2013: Performance Rating of Evaporative Heat Rejection Equip-ment - This Standard sets forth a program whereby the Cooling Tower Institute will certify that all models of a line of evaporative heat rejection equipment offered for sale by a specific Manufacturer will perform thermally in accordance with the Manufacturer’s published ratings, as limited in Paragarph 5.3 . ...................................................... $40.00

STD-201OM as of 08/2013: Operations Manual for Thermal Performance Certifi-cation of Evaporative Heat Rejection Equipment - Operation Manual to guide pro-gramparticipants in complying with the provisions of the latest edition of CTI Standard 201RS ............................................................ . ...................................................... $40.00



Nov 7: Final draft, based on review comments and slides due in the CTI office

Abstract Forms can be obtained by contacting the

CTI office at 281.583.4087 or email: [email protected]

CAll FoR PAPeRs

2015 Annual ConferenceFebruary 9-12 2015



Our revised Standards are: STD-137 as of 03/2013: Fiberglass Pultruded Structural Products for Use in Cool-ing Towers - This specification offers recommendations for classification, materials of construction, tolerances, defects, workmanship, inspection, physical, mechanical and design properties of glass fiber-reinforced pultruded structural shapes intended for use as construction items in cooling tower applications.. ................................................. $20.00

ESG-151 as of 05/2013: Variable Frequency Drive Application Guidelines for Cooling Towers - This standard covers the guidelines for operation of cooling towers at variable speeds. ...................................................................................................................... $8.00

ESG-152 as of 05/2013: Structural Design of FRP Components - This guideline provides minimum design standards and cautionary recommendations to designers of FRP structural cooling towers. ....................................................................................................... $10.00

STD-202 as of 06/2013: Standard for Publication of Custom Cooling Tower Thermal Performance Test Results - This standard sets forth a program whereby manufacturers of custom cooling towers voluntarily allow the results of their CLTTA tests to be published under the requirements of this program. ................................................................ $20.00

Each standard and chapter is available through the CTI office. You can order them via the telephone or the internet and they are available to you electronically.

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