Patent ID: 11859924
Assignee: BALTIMORE AIRCOIL COMPANY, INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 23:
24. A cooling tower system comprising:
a cooling tower comprising:
an evaporative heat exchanger, the cooling tower operable to distribute an evaporative liquid onto the evaporative heat exchanger;
a sensor configured to detect a parameter of the evaporative liquid; and
an evaporative liquid treatment system;

a controller operably coupled to the cooling tower, the controller having a normal operating mode wherein the controller operates the evaporative liquid treatment system to treat the evaporative liquid upon a determination of inadequate evaporative liquid quality based at least in part on the parameter of the evaporative liquid; and
the controller having a failsafe operating mode wherein the controller changes operation of the cooling tower upon a determination that the operation of the evaporative liquid treatment system is unable to remedy the inadequate evaporative liquid quality;
wherein the cooling tower includes a plume abatement system and the sensor includes a plume sensor;
wherein the parameter includes a drift parameter; and
wherein the controller, in the failsafe operating mode, changes operation of the cooling tower including at least one of:
turning off the cooling tower; and
operating the plume abatement system.