1. Introduction
2. Types of Cooling Water Systems
   1. Once-Through Cooling
      1. Figure: Once-Through Cooling System
   2. Closed Cooling
      1. Figure: Closed Cooling System
   3. Open Recirculating Cooling Towers
   4. Types of Towers
      1. Figure: Natural Draft Cooling Towers
      2. Figure: Mechanical Draft Tower
      3. Figure: Forced-Draft Tower
      4. Figure: Crossflow Tower
      5. Figure: Counterflow Tower
3. Glossary of Cooling Tower Terms
4. Problems in Cooling Water Systems
   1. Scale
   2. Fouling
   3. Microbiological Contamination
   4. Corrosion
      1. Corrosive Factors in Cooling Towers Systems
5. Cooling Tower Material Balances
6. Cooling Water Heat Exchangers
   1. Figure: Factors Used in Determining Cycles of Concentration
   2. Figure: Cooling Water Heat Exchanger
   3. Figure: Fixed Tubesheet Exchanger
   4. Figure: Floating Head Removable Tubular Heat Exchanger
   5. Figure: Spiral Heat Exchanger
   6. Figure: Cooling Water System in an Electric Furnace
   7. Figure: Cooling Water System in a Grey-iron Foundry with Wet Scrubbers
   8. Figure: Two Cooling Water Systems in a Blast Furnace
   9. Figure: Plate Heat Exchanger
7. Basic Heat Transfer
   1. The Heat Transfer Equation
   2. Looking at an Operating Exchanger
   3. Heat Transfer Coefficient