摘要:
The invention relates to a method for detecting deficiencies of a cooling tower (2) of a thermal facility (1) in operation in a given environment, comprising the implementation of the steps of: (a) measurement, by a plurality of sensors (13), of a set of values of physical parameters relating to the cooling tower (2), at least one of which being an endogenous parameter relating to the operation of the cooling tower (2) and at least one of which being an exogenous parameter relating to said environment; (b) calculation, by data processing means (11), of at least one expected optimum value of said endogenous parameter according to said values of the physical parameters and a model; (c) determination, by the data processing means (11), of at least one potentially deficient function of the cooling tower (2) according to the difference between the measured value and the expected optimum value of said endogenous parameter and/or the variation of said difference; (d) testing, by the data processing means (11), of each function of the cooling tower (2) defined as being potentially deficient; and (e) triggering of an alarm, by the data processing means (11), if at least one function of the cooling tower (2) is evaluated as being deficient in the test.