Fan Deck of Cooling Tower

The fan deck of cooling tower act as diaphragm to transmit dead and live loads to the tower frame.

Fan Deck also provides a platform for the support of the fan cylinders. It also helps for effective water distribution system.

Fan Deck of cooling tower is compatible with the tower framework. Wooden cooling tower normally utilize tongue-and-groove fir plywood; pultruded FRP on pultruded FRP towers and prestressed double-tee sections on concrete towers.

On larger cooling tower, the fan deck is large in size. Engineers says, in large-sized tower, fan deck be 60 pounds per square foot. In small sized tower, the deck may be 40 pounds per square.