Comparison Statement Between Timber Cooling Tower

and RCC Cooling Tower

RCC
Timber
Cooling
Particulars Cooling Remarks
Tower
Tower

Timber available now is of bad quality.

Timber available is from trees that
Quality Good Bad are 10 to 12 years old. The grain size
is not fully matured as a result the
structural strength is weak.

Maximum length of single structural member presently available is upto

10 ft. Joints are required to be made in case length of structural
member goes above 10 ft. This leads to weakening of structure over a
period of time.

Structural members of timber cooling

tower cannot be utilised as
supporting devices while carrying out
maintenance. External supports are
Maintenan Complica
Easy required. There is no such problem in
ce ted
case of RCC cooling tower. Structural
members of RCC cooling tower are
being used as supporting devices for
carrying out maintenance.

Continuous wetting of structural members is required during

maintenance as cracks develop on dry surface on timber which leads to
weakening of the structure

Timber is more sesceptable to algae

Algae
Less More formation as compared to RCC
Formation
surface

Virtuall
Vibration is more in timber cooling
y no
Vibration High tower as there are many joints in the
vibratio
structural members
n

Airflow Less More Structural members of timber cooling

Obsruction tower are close thereby causing
 obstruction to air flow whereas
structural members of RCC cooling
tower are widely spaced thereby
causing less obstruction to air flow

Column bypass water (which goes

down without getting cold) in case of
timber cooling tower is more as the
Channelin Very
More structural members are very close.
g Less
This is reduced in RCC cooling tower
as structural members are widely
spaced.

Joints in timber cooling tower are

Corrosion made using steel fasteners which
of No Yes corrode very fast. There is no such
Fasteners corrosion in case of RCC cooling
tower.

30
Life 10 years
years

Environme
Cutting wood is an environmental
ntal No Yes
disaster.
Impact

Price No
There is no price advantage in case
Implicatio advantag
flow rate is above 10500 cu.m/hr
n e

Readily Not Pine wood used for timber cooling

Material
Availabl Readily tower is not readily available in India
Availability
e Available and has to be imported.