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The CTI 2015 Annual Conference held in New Orleans this past February was a great success. It was good for CTI to be back at the “Big Easy” after almost 15 years. A special thanks to Vicky Manser and her staff for organizing and conducting a great conference. We had 400+ attendees representing 15 different countries from around

the World and a record number of table top exhibits during the conference. The excellent programs and presentations during the conference covered a variety of topics important to the cooling technology industry.

Awards were presented to outgoing Board Members Tom Toth, GEA; George Zubritsky, Cooling Tower Testing and Inspection Services and Helene Troncin, EDF. Incoming Board Members Brandon Rees, Cooling Tower Depot; Narendra Gosain, Walter P Moore and Helene Troncin, EDF who was elected to serve a full 3-year term. I would like to thank the CTI member companies for supporting our newly elected Board Members.

It was a special honor for me to announce that the CTI Board had approved Honorary Membership status for two very well respected and close friends of mine, Glenn Rees who passed away in 2011 and

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Message From The President...

Inside...• 2015 Board of Directors

• Bio's of the newest Board Members

• Pictures of the annual Conference speakers

• a Word from our Com-mittees

• 2015 Committee Work-shop agendas

• Call for Papers - 2016 annual Conference

• Planned activities for the 2015 Committee Workshop

• 2016 Table Top exhibit information

• 2015 Registration Form

• hotel information

Mark your Calendar!

Committee WorkshopJuly 12-15, 2015

Tradewinds island Resortst. Pete Beach, Fl

annual ConferenceFebruary 7-11, 2016hilton houston north

houston, Tx

Paul Nelissen, retired from Howden. Dianne Rees was on hand to accept the award on behalf of Glen and Paul provided a message that I read to the audience that recalled his “fond memories of all my friends and CTI meetings and activities”. Both Glenn and Paul had a long history of supporting CTI in a number of leadership roles.

This year the Committee Workshop will be held July 12-15, 2015 at the Tradewinds Island Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida (http://www.cti.org). Please refer to the CTI Website where you will find valuable information about the Institute and future meetings. Prior to the Committee Workshop, the three standing technical committees; Engineering Standards & Maintenance, Performance & Technology and Water Treating will post Task Group schedules on the CTI Website. I am looking forward to a productive and enjoyable meeting in July.

In closing, it is truly an honor for me to serve one more year as you CTI President and I am looking forward to seeing you in sunny Florida in July.

Frank MichellCTI President 2014/2015

Frank Michell

2015 Committee Workshop

July 12-15, 2015Registration Form

on our websitewww.cti.org

Call For PaPers2016 Annual Conference

February 7-11, 2016Hilton Houston north

Houston, Texas

The following schedule will begin the process for papers presented at the 2015 Annual Conference:2015 June 8: Deadline for Abstracts June 19: Authors Notified by Program Chair Aug 7: One (1) electronic copy of draft must be sent to CTI office for review Nov 6: Final draft, based on review comments and slides due in the CTI office

Abstract Forms can be obtained by contacting the CTI office at 281.583.4087 or at our website www.cti.org

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2015 CTI board of Directors

manufacturers

suppliers

owneroperators

serving as President for 2014 and 2015Frank Michell

American Electric Power

Brandon ReesCooling Tower

Depot, Inc

Narendra GosainWalter P Moore And

Associates, Inc

Helene TroncinElectricite De France (EDF)

Jon CohenH-O-H Water Technologies

James CuchensSouthern Company

Services, Inc.

Anthony DePalmaTower Performance,

Inc.

Billy ChildersAggreko Cooling Tower Services

Steven ChaloupkaAmarillo Gear

Company

Natasha JonesBechtel Power

Corporation

2013-2015 2014-2016 2015-2017

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Brandon Rees is the Sales Director for New Cooling Tower Applications with Cooling Tower Depot, Inc. He has a broad experience with cooling tower installations in a variety of industries such as power generation, refining, petrochemical and process. A graduate from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX, Brandon started his career in the cooling tower industry 12 years ago with Cooling Tower Resources. He then continued his career with Amarillo Gear Company as the Gulf Coast Sales Representative, where he worked directly with Owner/ Operators and Manufacturers to help with their gear drive applications. He came to join Cooling Tower Depot, Inc. in 2007, and served as Regional Sales Manager working with both aftermarket and new cooling tower installations in Texas. In 2012 he moved into a Sales Director capacity, focusing on new cooling tower endeavors. Brandon has been an active member of The Cooling Technology Institute since 2004, serving as the Program Chair, Vice-Chair of the Long Range Planning Committee, and a member of the marketing committee.

meet 2015's newest board members!narendra gosain, walter P Moore and associates, Inc

Narendra Gosain is a Senior Consultant in the Diagnostics Services Group of Walter P Moore. In his 42 year career with Walter P Moore, Dr. Gosain has been involved with several projects throughout the United States, including commercial, industrial, and medical structures. As an adjunct professor for 17 years in the College of Civil Engineering at Rice University in Houston from 1981 through 1997, Dr. Gosain shared his expertise with later generations of structural engineers. In spring of 2014, he introduced a new course on Forensic Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Houston.He has directed the structural design and restoration work of many of the firm’s prominent projects, including the restoration of the San Jacinto Monument and the historic and award-winning expansion

of The Astrodome in Houston. In 1999, Dr. Gosain started a new service line in Walter P Moore called the Diagnostics Services Group that is dedicated to structural restoration, rehabilitation, forensics and litigation support work. He served as the Executive Director of this group until February 2009. Dr. Gosain’s focus is now on serving as a technical consultant for complex structural rehabilitation challenges and forensics related work.Narendra Gosain got his Master of Engineering degree in 1965 from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 1973 from Rice University. He is a licensed professional engineer in Texas.

Helene Troncin is an engineer who graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble in France. Since 1987, she works at Electricity of France (EDF), the only French company producing electricity with Nuclear Power Stations. EDF runs 58 Nuclear Power Stations and is equipped with 32 big cooling towers. In 1996 she joined the Basic Design Department of EDF and worked on the chemistry for the cooling circuits. Her experience includes the cooling towers design, the qualification of the fill through its thermal performances and the fouling issues.She is member of the French Standard Organization working group involved in cooling technologies studies.

In her civic life, she is or was a member of the board of directors in several associations.

Helene Troncin, electricite De France (eDF)

brandon rees, Cooling Tower Depot, Inc

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2015 Annual Conference

(l-r) Ethan Chesnut, MasterTech Services; Han Donghyouck, Korea University; Brandon Rees, Cooling Tower Depot, Inc.

(l-r) Partha Nag, NTPC Limited; Thomas Kline, Structural Technologies; David Corelli, IMI Sensors

(l-r) Joe Keating, ChemTreat, Inc.; Ray Drexler, Walter P Moore And As-sociates, Inc.; Roy Holliday, GE Water & Process Technologies, Matthew Dahm, GEA Heat Exchangers, Inc.

our Conference program represented by:

(l-r) Brandon Rees w/Cooling Tower Depot, Inc., the Program Chair-man; Marion Floret w/EDF DTG, speaker; Bill Howard w/Cooling Tower Depot, Inc., ES&M Chairman

(l-r) Chris Bowman, Brentwood Industries; Mario Bellavance, Blue Heron Cooling Tower, Inc.; Paul Puckorius, Puckorius & Associates, Inc.; Kent Martens, SPX Cooling Technologies

retiring board members

(l-r) George Zubritsky, Cooling Tower Testing and Inspection Services, LLC; Helen Troncin, EDF, Septen; Thomas Toth, GEA Heat Exchang-ers, Inc.

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speakers and participants educational seminar Ask The expert

(l-r) Ben Brock, Nalco An Ecolab Company; Charles Kuhfeldt, Athlon Solutions; Jean-Pierre Libert, Evapco, Inc.; Jim Baker, Consultant; Philip Poll, OBR Cool-ing Towers, Inc.; Rich Aull, ChemTreat, Inc.; John Ahern, EvapTech, Inc.

(l-r) Kent Martens, SPX Cooling Technologies; Richard Trice, Resolite FRP Composites; Ralph Wyndrum, SPX CoolingTechnologies; Thomas Wright, Bedford Reinforced Plastics, Inc.; Thomas Rhone, Denali, Inc.

Diane and Brandon Rees accepted the plaque for Glenn Rees as an Honorary Life Member.

our newest Honorary life members

Paul Nelissen, while not able to attend the 2015 Annual Conference, sent a letter of acceptance and appreciation for his nomination as an Honor-ary Life Member that was read to all at the Monday luncheon.

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A WorD From our CommITTeesengineering standards and maintenance Committee

Annual Conference – sheraton new orleans, new orleans, louisianaFebruary 8-12, 2015

Chair: bill Howard, Cooling Tower Depot, Inc. vice Chair: James F. blake, Jr., American lightning protection vice Chair & secretary: Ken mortensen, spX Cooling Technologies AdHoc Coordinators: Jon bickford, Alliant energy

(l-r) James Blake, Jr., American Lightning Protection; Bill Howard, Cooling Tower Depot, Inc.; Ken Mortensen, SPX Cooling Technologies

I. February 2015 Meeting - 60 Attendees at the opening II. Lead Task Group Chair ReportsWood, metal, and Concrete materials Task group [Bill Howard]• Wood, Joe LaBove, Phillip Poll – Review the standard to remove

obsolete treatment materials. A draft will be assembled for work at Summer CTI Meeting.

• ESG-123 Recommended Guidelines for Portland Cement Concrete Narendra Gosain and Tom Toth - Reviewing the 2007 Guideline. It will be e-mailed to members to prepare for a 2 hour workshop at Summer CTI Meeting.

• ESG-160 Corrosion of Concrete, Narendra Gosain, Tom Kline – This document is ready for AdHoc review. The current revision and AdHoc suggested members [Michell, Wertz, Cuchens, and Mahajan] will be sent to AdHoc Coordinator to begin that process

• ESG-162 Cleaning Cooling Towers, Philip Poll, Don Zelek - Set this task groups voting members. The rough draft was released and agreed to add a recommendation to trial cleaning techniques in a section of the tower before proceeding throughout. Seeking input from water-treatment committee and specialty cleaning companies.

• Chapter 9 Materials of Construction, Ethan Chesnut – No meeting. mechanical and electrical Task group [Duane Byerly] • STD-163 Vibration, Craig Burris – AdHoc comments have been

received and a sub-committee will hold a conference call in March to resolve the items raised.

• STD-111 Speed Reducers - Craig Burris – This document may not need significant revision at this time. Methods of identifying rating standard for gearboxes were discussed. A draft will be sent out for review.

• Chapter 11 – Electrical Components, Dave Suptic- No meetingFrp and plastics Task group [Glenn Barefoot, Jamie Bland]

• STD-131 FRP Siding Panels, John Ahern, Brian Fuqua – Draft reviewed, working on pull out strength and reference to ASTM E84.

• STD-154 Filament Wound FRP Pipe Bill Daugherty Greg Deshong, Tom Toth- No meeting

• ESG-157 Wood to FRP, John Ahern, Ken Mortensen – Significant progress on the Scope, References, and Work Recommendations. This document is nearing completion. The goal is to submit to AdHoc after the CTI Summer Meeting.

• New Task Group Guideline on Thermoplastic Products, Kevin Hole, Chris Spencer – The document will be split by component type for drafting. Fill will be worked first. The draft will be sent out and a call prior to CTI Summer is planned.

• STD-136 Thermoplastic Material for Fill, Mike Whittemore, Ken Mortensen – Work began on this document with substantial discussion on burn testing methods and material properties that should be included in the document. Voting members were selected. Review by all parties of the types of plastics and their properties and testing methods will continue. A call prior to CTI Summer is planned.

• Information, R Seismic Factor, Bill Howard – The last ASCE meeting was in in Portland. A meeting in April may be a phone meeting. Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 6 have been approved. Most others nearing conclusion including Chapter 9 Seismic. Details of the Chapter 9 requirements are in the task group notes to be sent out. Testing a tower is still under consideration.

Tower Operations Task Group [Phillip Poll] • STD-203 - Industrial Cooling Tower, Terry Ogburn, Tom Toth

– No meeting.• ESG-138 Long-term Storage of Cooling Towers, Jim Baker, Philip

Poll – A draft document was reviewed and scope discussed.Hazard & Environmental Protection Systems Task Group [James

Blake] • Chapter 8 (ES&M) Environmental Aspects of Cooling System

Operation, James Blake – separated from Chapter 7 (Water). Plan to combine efforts with Water Treatment. Helen Cerra has been identified as the contact person.

• BUL-109 Nomenclature of Industrial Cooling Towers, James Blake, Don Zelek – AdHoc comments were reviewed and tackled by the attendees. The AdHoc commenters will be informed of the resolutions and this document should go to Board approval at the CTI Summer meeting.

• ESG-120 Lightning Protection, James Blake – No meeting.• ESG-121 Construction Safety, Philip Poll – Checking for the

ES&M minutes continued on page 7

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performance & Technology Committee meeting minutesAnnual Conference – Hilton Houston north, Houston, Texas

February 2-6, 2014Chair: Toby Daley, Composite Cooling solutions, lpvice Chair: Kent martens, spX Cooling Technologiesvice Chair: Jared medlen, mcHale & Associates, Inc.

(l-r) Jim Cuchens, Southern Company; Jared Medlen, McHale & Associ-ates, Inc.; Kent Martens, SPX Cooling Technologies

1. Call to Order: The P&T Committee Chairman, Toby Daley called the

opening meeting of the Performance & Technology Committee to order at 15:454 at the Sheraton in New Orleans, LA.

2. Attendees: See attached list3. Presentations AMCA/ DOE Fan Efficiency – Paul Lindahl - Review

of statement being drafted on behalf of CTI to DOE Statement is to show why cooling towers should not be included. This would affect fans up to 9ft dia. Deadline for submitting statements is Feb. 28. ASHRAE will not be making a statement due to restriction in by-laws

R&D Program Pitot Study – Rich Aull - Review of Pro-

gram. Program is fully funded or close to it. Board of Directors will vote on Proposal at this meeting. Project to be completed by February 2016 meeting

Licensed Sound Testing Agencies – Frank Michell - Review of Status of Program. Two agencies have been approved. One agency has submitted an application. Effective as of Jan 1st of this year

3. Active Task Group Opening Remarks ATC-105 (Thermal Test Code) L. Burdick, Chair. The

committee will meet on one occasion this meeting. A lot of work has been done on Uncertainty section. Plan to voting on a few items

STD-146 (Water flow Measurement Standard) – D. Wheeler, Chair. In standby until the Pitot study is complete

STD-201 (Thermal Test Certification Program) – Jinnifer Hamilton, Chair. Brief overview of program. The com-mittee will meet on one occasion this meeting. Logo use guide to be discussed. Wetbulb range changed

STD 202 (Publication of Thermal Test Results) – Paul Lindahl, Chair. Brief overview of program. The committee will meet on one occasion this meeting.

5. New Business Discussion about adding STD -140 and STD 128 as stand-

ing committees. Discussed a few changes that need to be made due errors found since last revisions

6. The meeting was adjourned 5:00p.

last fairly complete draft to send to members prior to CTI Summer meeting.

Old Business / New Business• Old Business - none• OP304 Document Procedure – Educational sessions

on OP304 may become a regular thing to support the document writing process at CTI.

• Guidebook App was recommended. New Document Reviews • Vibration Guideline on Dry Cooling – Natasha Peterson• Drafts of all CTI documents being reviewed need the CTI

Disclaimer!• New Documents listed in PRM -102 Price List PublicationIII. Adjournment

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I. Call to order: Phil Kiser, Chairmen of the water treatment committee called

the meeting to order at 3:45 PM Feb. 9, 2015 at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The meeting times for all task groups were reviewed. The minutes for the 2014 Summer Meeting were accepted.

II. Task groups:The closing status reports from the group were discussed at the closing session.• WTG-125 - Instrumentation and Control of Water Treatment in Cooling Towers – Michaela Bennett - The document has been through the ad hoc review and three review reports have been received. These were discussed in a breakout session and a conference call is planned for March 2015 to discuss the next steps.

• WTG-126 - Application of Non-Oxidizing Microbiocides, - Jim Lukanich - The group has produced a working outline of the format of the document and will review it over the next month for suggested changes and additions. Several authors have committed to write sections. Several more are needed. The goal is to have a working draft for the summer meeting.

• WTG-130A - Corrosion Monitoring – Matt Wangerin - A brief outline of the document was prepared and sections will be written and combined. The document could be completed in the summer meeting.

• WTG-130B - Deposit Monitoring – Bob Cunningham - The group meeting was canceled due to an emergency requiring the chairman’s attention. After the summer 2014 meeting the status was: Matt Wangerin and Pete Elliot have parts of the document which has been idle for a year or more due to the task group leadership vacancy. The group will restart the process. The document pieces have been located and will be

Water Treating Committee meeting minutesAnnual Conference – Hilton Houston north, Houston, Texas

February 2-6, 2014Chair: phil Kiser, ChemTreat, Inc

vice Chair: Jim Kanuth, ChemTreat, Inc.Coordinator: Jon Cohen, H-o-H Water Technologies

Phil Kiser, ChemTreat, Inc.

reviewed. The group has defined the tasks facing them to move the document forward. They will summarize these tasks and forward them to Bob Cunningham.

• WTG-130C Microbiological Monitoring – Pete Elliott - The group now has 14 members. Assignments have been accepted. 30% returns of assignments from the conference call last month were received. They have the goal of a clean draft document by April 30th. The remaining assignments outstanding have been requested for completion by the end of February.

• WTG-158 Physical Water Treating - Mike Winter, chairman, could not attend. Michael Patton, Vice-Chairman conducted the session - The purpose and scope were reviewed and agreed to by a committee vote. A web conference is planned for April to review progress on the assignments made in this meeting. A draft document for the summer meeting is the goal.

• WTG-161 (old number was 159). Best Practices Guidelines for Cooling Water Systems – Jack Bland reported - The group had two meetings. There is a draft of the projected best prac-tices table. This is currently in the form of a matrix of nine categories with “Good, Better, Best” measures, results or numbers for each category. The consensus of the group is to continue to move forward with a table of “Good, Better, Best” results or targets for results and to attempt to segregate these by industry. The group is also seeking to develop a series of questions for a survey of the cooling water treatment users to determine what the perception or consensus of these “Good, Better, Best” results or targets for results currently is among a larger group of cooling system owners and users.

III. liaison reports• AHR Exposition: Frank Morrison reporting. There was a Session in January of this year. It was very well attended. In the past, CTI has given training sessions about cooling water. There is an opportunity to give a session in January 2016 in Orlando, Florida if we are interested in doing so.

• ASHRAE: Sarah Ferrari reporting. The ASHRAE meeting took place in Chicago two weeks ago. The water treatment section of the ASHRAE handbook is being revised for the next edition of the handbook. ASHRAE is moving towards a research project to investigate the effectiveness of sessile bacteria monitoring methods in cooling water systems.

• AWT: Bill Pierson reporting. The AWT meet in late fall 2014 in Dallas-Fort Worth. Attendance continues to rise at these meet-ings. The next meeting is September 9th in Nashville. The next training sessions will be in March 2015 in San Diego and April in Cleveland. AWT is continuing efforts to coordinate with CTI on developments in Regulations and Legal matters pertaining to cooling systems. AWT is active in the SEED program, which

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is an educational enrichment development program.• IWC: Paul Puckorius reporting. The 75th anniversary of the International Water Conference was held in San Antonio, Texas in November 2014. This was a large conference with 20 work-shops, including a cooling water based workshop. There was an excellent panel discussion and very well attended exhibits.

• NACE: Christine McGinnis reporting. Based on attending the last several meetings, and including this meeting in San Antonio in March 2014, the interest at NACE has shifted away from water in favor of increased focus on oil and gas. The next meeting is in March 2015 in Dallas, TX.

Iv. Additional business:The WTG 147 Water Reuse document is up for review and will be reviewed by Phil Kiser and Charles Kuhfeldt, as the chair

and co-chair of the task group that produced the document, to determine if it needs a task group review.Phil Kiser stated that an inquiry has been made to determine if the CTI is interested in collaborating with ASHRAE to fund a research project to examine the effectiveness of various methods of monitoring sessile bacteria. A brief discussion was held and the matter was tabled by the chairman for lack of time in the closing meeting to make a determination of how to proceed.

v. AdjournmentThe motion to adjourn was made and seconded and the meeting adjourned at 2:30 PM on the final day.M

Future meeting DatesCommittee Workshop

July 12-15, 2015Tradewinds Island Resort

St. Pete Beach, FL

July 10-16, 2016Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs

Phoenix, AZ

Annual ConferenceFebruary 7-11, 2016

Hilton Houston NorthHouston, TX

February 5-9, 2017Sheraton New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

February 4-8, 2018Hilton Houston North

Houston, TX

Humor in the Cooling Tower IndustrySome of the articles, titled "Cooling Towers I Have Known" were written by the late Maxey Brooke as Senior Consultant for Puckorius & Associates, Inc. and contributed by Maxey to The Journal of the Cooling Tower Institute (CTI). Maxey was active with CTI for 40 years."During the 1950's newly formed water treating companies proliferated, especially in the Houston area. Most of them were short lived, seldom lasting for more than a year. An exception was Aquatrol, Inc., which not only lived but grew into a good sized company until it was absorbed by a hugeinternational corporation. The probalbe reason for its success was its' president, M.C. Forbes, who knew as much about water treatment as anybody around.When forming his company, he had to look for a place to establish his office, laboratory and compounding plant. The Houston Zoo had recently moved to a new location, so M.C. rented the old elephant house.

This led to the smart-aleck remark attributed to several sources -- 'I knew that all water treating compounds were horse manure but M.C. has topped the competition by using elephant manure!'Some years later, when the elephant house burned down, sympathizers said, 'poor old M.C. has lost the source of his raw material.'"

Words to ponder from maxey:The average man will use about 20 gallons of water while shaving. Which brings up an interesting point: Is shaving cream really meant to soften whiskers or is it just used to keep you from losing your place?Have you ever seen steam? I doubt it. Steam isinvisible as are most gases. What you see coming from the spoiut of a tea kettle, is a stream of minute water droplets that have condensed. If you look carefully, there is a small speace between the spout and the mist. That is steam.If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would ever get accomplished.

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WaTer TreaTing CoMMiTTee

2015 Committee Workshop Agendas engineering, STandardS and MainTenanCe

PerForManCe & TeChnology

Toby Daley - Composite Cooling Solutions, LP Ken martens - SPX Cooling Technologies, Chair Jared medlen - McHale & Associates, Inc., Vice-Chair

Call to Order/Announcements· ATC-105 Thermal Test – David Wheeler· ATC-128 Sound – Jean-Pierre Libert· ATC-143 Recommended Practice for Airflow Testing of

Cooling Towers - Paul Nelissen· STD-146 Water Flow Standard – David Wheeler· ATC-156 Preparation for an Official CTI Thermal

Performance Plume Abatement, or Drift Emission Test - Ken Hennon

· STD-201 Certification Standard – F. Michell/T. Hegg· STD-202 Publication Standard – Paul Lindahl

mphil Kiser, GE Power and Water, ChairJim Kanuth, ChemTreat, Inc., Vice Chair

Jon Cohen, H-O-H Water Technology, Coordinator I. Approval of February 2015 Meeting minutes II. Lead Task Group Work

A. WTG-125 Instrumentation & ControlB. WTG-126 Application of Non-Oxidizing MicrobiocidesC. WTG-130A - Corrosion MonitoringD. WTG-130B - Deposit MonitoringE. WTG-130C - Microbiological MonitoringF. WTG-158 Physical Water TreatmentG. WTG-147 Water Reuse (for review) H. WTG-161 Best Practices Gudelines for Cooling Water

SystemsIII. Liaison Reports: AHR ASHRAE AWT IWC NACE IV. Old / New Business

bill Howard - Cooling Tower Depot, Inc., Chair James F. blake, Jr. - American Lightning Protection, Vice-Chair

Kenneth mortensen - SPX Cooling Technologies, Vice-ChairJon bickford - Alliant Energy, AdHoc Coordinator

1. Approval of February 2015 Meeting minutes2. Lead Task Group Work

• Wood, Metal, and Concrete Materials Task Group - STD-112; ESG-144, ESG-153, ESG-160, ESG-162, Chapter 9, and R Seismic Factor

• Mechanical and Electrical Task Group - STD-111 and Chap-ter 11

• FRP and Plastics Task Group - STD-131, STD-154, ESG-157, STD-136, and New Task Group Guidline on Thermo-plastic Products

• Tower Operations Task Group - STD-203 and ESG-138• Hazard & Environmental Protection Systems Task Group - BUL-109, ESG-120, Esg-121 and Chapter 8

3. Old/New Business

Call For PaPers2016 Annual Conference

February 7-11, 2016Hilton Houston north

Houston, Texas

The following schedule will begin the process for papers presented at the 2015 Annual Conference:2015 June 8: Deadline for Abstracts June 19: Authors Notified by Program Chair Aug 7: One (1) electronic copy of draft must be sent

to CTI office for review Nov 6: Final draft, based on review comments and

slides due in the CTI office

Abstract Forms can be obtained by contacting the CTI office at

281.583.4087 or at our website www.cti.org

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CTI 2015 Committee Workshopmonday evening, July 13, 2015 - 6:00p – 9:00p at the

monday evening's dinner/hospitality suite is open to all CTI Attendees and guest for fun on the beach. There will be roast beef / ham and/or turkey carved at your request with an array of vegetables and fruits for sides. There will be a DJ on site to keep us hoppin' and for all those who enjoyed sliding when a kid you'll get to do it again on the giant slide located on the beach just off of the deck. The best part is that this comes at no CHArge! Just be sure to let us know (when registering for the Committee Workshop) how many will be in your party.

CTI 2015 Committee Workshop CTI Annual golf Tournament

• Pasadena Yacht and Country Club • Sunday, July 12, 2015• 8:30 am Tee Time • Cost - $85

each golfer (or individual) is responsible for their own drinks, snacks and transportation.

Committee Workshop planned aCtivities

breck Deck north(this location is subject to change)

Pasadena Yacht & Country Club offers a unique environment of quiet, understated elegance complimented by the tropi-cal Florida lifestyle. The PYCC invites you to visit their 18 hole championship golf course designed by Wayne Stiles and renovated by Arnold Palmer. Walk in the foot steps of champions such as Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias

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Table Top exhibitsTuesday, February 9, 2016 • 4:00p - 8:30p

Sheraton new orleans, new orleans, louisiana

don’t forget to reserve your space. a total of 56 exhibit spaces available at $1350/space with a number of tables already re-

served (sold spaces indicated by 'Xs')for more information contact Virginia Manser at 281.583.4087

or [email protected] to date: 6. ProMinent Fluid Controls, Inc. 17. Hudson Products Corporation 18. Cofimco 19. Bedford Reinforced Plastics 20. International Cooling Tower, Inc. 25. Sonitec-Vortisand 26. EvapTech, Inc. 27. G&G Marine 28. Midwest Cooling Towers, Inc.

29. GEA 2H Water Technologies 31. Amarillo Gear Company 32. Baltimore Aircoil company 33. Dynamic Fabricators 34. Cooling Tower Resources, Inc. 35. Denso North America 36. C.E. Shepherd Company 39. Tower Tech, Inc. 40. FasTech International 41. Brentwood Industries

42. Proco Products 43. ChemTreat, Inc 44. SPX Cooling Technologies 45. Aggreko 46. Rain for Rent 47. Gaiennie Lumber 48. Hewitech GmbH 49. CleanAir Engineering, Inc. 51. McHale & Associates

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2015 Committee Workshop, July 12-15, 2015Tradewinds Island resort, st. pete beach, Florida

registration FormCommittee Workshop July 12-15, 2015

Tradewinds island resort, St. Pete Beach, Floridaname _________________________________________________ nickname for Badge ______________________

Company __________________________________________ spouse name if attending ______________________

address ___________________________________City _____________________state _________ Zip _________

Phone ________________________ Fax _____________________ email___________________________

Full 3 Day Registration ...........................................................................................................$450.00 $475 after June 26

golf Tournament (handicap___________) Tee Time Begins @ 8:00a .....................................$85/pp Closed July 2

spouse name __________________ (handicap__________) ........................................$85/pp Closed July 2

i will attend Monday night's Dinner ................................................................................................n/C

i will bring ______ guest with me for Monday night's Dinner .........................................................n/C

ToTal Due _________________

enclosed is my check made out to CTi for $ ______________________

Registration can be charged to the following cards: [ ] Visa [ ] Master Card [ ] american express

Card# ______________________________ exp. Date ____________ Cardholder ____________________CVV/CVC/CiD Code __________________ (must have to process payment).

Payment for meeting registration can be made at the meeting, but please pre-register. (all recreation-al activities must be paid for in advance. events will be cancelled if we do not receive enough reser-vations by June 26.)

reFundS Will Be Made in Full For CanCellaTionS Made Prior To July 2, 2015.15% Charge on any CrediT Card reFund Made - no exCepTions!

The 2015 Committee Workshop will be held at the the Tradewinds Island Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida, July 12-15, 2015. The Tradewinds Island Resort offers the daily use of one beach cabana, use of tennis courts, 3-story waterslide, Triple WipeOut surf ride, paddleboats along the waterway, mini-golf, beach volleyball, beach games and more. Whatever your adventure, you'll find an experience unlike any other. When making reservations be sure to mention that you are with the CTI Conference

Tradewinds Island resort reservations: 800.808.9833

guest room rates: (Cut off Date: Friday, June 19, 2015):• $157/plus tax - Single and Double Rate • $167/plus tax - Tropical View •$187/plus tax - Gulf Front View• $203/plus tax - Tropical View One Bedroom Suite • $227/plus tax - Gulf Front View One Bedroom Suite

Hotel room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes and resort fees.

Be sure to mention you are with the Cooling Technology Institute for our group rate or make your reservations online by going to the CTI's website at www.cti.org.

CTI News 16

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2015 board of Directors President .......................Frank Michell Director ................... Billy Childers Director ................ Narendra Gosain Vice-President .......Anthony DePalma Director ......................... Jon Cohen Director .....................Natasha Jones Treasurer .................. Steve Chaloupka Director ................. James Cuchens Director ...................Helene Troncin Secretary .......................Brandon Rees

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CTI NewsCoolIng TeChnology InsTITuTe

3845 Cypress Creek Parkway, Ste 420Houston, Texas 77068

(281) 583-4087

A quarterly publication containing news of CTI and its activities.

Terry ogburn, editor-in-ChiefArt brunn - Chairpersonpublications Committee

virginia A. manser, managing editorDonna A. Jones, Administrative Assistant

Andrew b. manser, Administrative AssistantCTI news published continuously since may 1962. published by the

Cooling Technology Institute, established in 1950.

Press releaseContact: Chairman, CTi Multi-agency Testing

Committee

houston, Texas, 1 May 2015The Cooling Technology institute announces its annual invitation for interested drift testing agencies to apply for potential licensing as CTi Drift Testing agencies. CTi provides an independent third party drift testing program to service the industry. interested agencies are required to declare their interest by July 1, 2015, at the CTi address listed.