Cooling Tower Systems - Current Best Practice Design
White Paper
Bryon Price B.Eng. MAIRAH. FIEAust
September, 2002
It is good to see how quickly improved design practices for cooling tower systems have been developed and applied in response to recent public health concerns and regulatory change.
There are a number of new or retrofit cooling tower installations underway in Melbourne that feature the following attributes, most of which could characterised as current good design or current best practice design.
About the Author
Bryon Price B.Eng. MAIRAH. FIEAust is Business Development Manager for the A.G. Coombs Group of companies. Bryon is also responsible for A.G.Coombs Advisory, which provides technical advice and services to facility owners and managers. He a Mechanical Engineer and his early work was in guided weapons and defence systems design. Prior to joining A.G.Coombs Bryon had a 20 year career in engineering consultancy ranging from industrial and transport design through to major project building services design and a range of large scale innovative and award winning energy and building asset management projects. Bryon currently sits on the Property Council of Australia's National Regulation Review Committee and is Chair of the Property Councils National Energy and Utilities Committee. Bryon is also the Chair of the Facility Management Association's Building Services Special Interest Group. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers and a Registered Building Practitioner in Victoria.