94-02: Development of FRP Structural Frame For Industrial Cooling Tower Environmental Impact and disturbed flow profiles

and disturbed flow profiles

This paper will describe the testing of twenty commonly used crossflow fill configurations

reduced energy

scaling and corrosion

including compliance field-testing

94-02: Development of FRP Structural Frame For Industrial Cooling Tower Environmental Impact and disturbed flow profilesThree companies have cooperatively developed a structural frame system for industrial cooling towers using pultruded FRP (Fiber Reinforced Plastics) profiles as a substitute for lumber to improve the durability. The mechanical, weather proof and endurance properties in water environment of pultruded materials, and the buckling and joint strength of pultruded tubes were evaluated. A full scale model of the structural frame was constructed and tested