In Hot water: A Cooling tower design
	At Vogtle, plant manager Robert Moye and engineers, Patrick Conley and Kerry Walton, were faced with two alternative methods for improving the performance of their counterflow natural draft cooling tower. The source of the tower underperformance seemed to be the water distribution across the tower's area. The managers and engineers were at the decision point: they could either revert to the configuration that was known to produce a tower efficiency of 91% or modify the tower based on John Cooper's new recommendation. For information about purchasing this case study click here
Key Features Learning Objectives Students are placed in the position of power plant engineers trying to make a decision which will improve the cooling tower performance, and consequently, overall power plant efficiency. Students must use the evidence provided and their intution to support their decision for modification of the tower. Teach the impact of cooloing tower water distribution on air flow and exiting air temperature, both of which affect cooling tower performance

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