77-12: CTI Water Cooling Tower Thermal Performance - Testing Procedures and

The Cooling Tower Institute (CTI) offers to the cooling tower industry and users an unbiased cooling tower performance testing and certi­fication service. Ihis paper describes the service, how to obtain tests, procedures for conducting the tests, descriptions of instrumentation used, and problem areas to watch for that can cause errors in test results. The paper contains selected sections of the Coo ling Tower Institute Acceptance Test Code. 105 (ATC-105) dealing with collection and reduction of field data. The test report is described, and the limited distribution of this report, because of its proprietary nature, is discussed.