Crossflow Cooling Towers: Why Hanging Fill Packing Fails
Why Crossflow Packing Needs a Rethink Anyone who has tried to slide a neatly ironed shirt back into an overfilled wardrobe knows the outcome....
Categories for Cooling Towers
Comparison of EWK Smart Control Systems and Variable Speed Drives(VSDs) for Cooling Towers
Traditional cooling tower control will either rely upon thermostatic control through variable speed drives (VSDs) to modulate fan speed by water temperature. It’s simple,...
Freezing Pipework in Cooling Systems: How to Prevent It?
When UK temperatures dip below zero, cooling systems face one of their biggest hidden risks: freezing. It’s not just the pipework that suffers; pumps,...
Variable Speed Drives (VSDs) for Cooling Tower Fans: When It Pays, When It Doesn’t
Adding a Variable Speed Drive (VSD) to a cooling tower fan is often promoted as an easy energy win (we are sure you have...
Cooling Tower/Adiabatic Cooler vs Chiller: Which is Cheaper for Process Cooling?
When industrial cooling is needed on a manufacturing site, a common question arises: what’s cheaper to run – a cooling tower/adiabatic cooler or a...
GRP vs PU vs Epoxy Lining: Best Cooling Tower Coatings Compared
As I mentioned in my recent article comparing GRP with steel casing materials, cooling towers typically last between 20 and 35 years. Over that...
GRP, Steel & More: Which Cooling Tower Casing is Best Continued….?
Material Corrosion Resistance Mechanical Strength Fire Resistance Cost Typical Use Case Notes Galvanised Steel ⭐ – Low in coastal/acidic areas ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Good ⭐⭐⭐⭐...
Battery Processing Plant Replaces Cooling Tower in 7-day Shutdown
Client: Battery Processing Plant, Derbyshire, UK Project Duration: 7 days from tower, pump and pipework installation to commissioning Overview: Vistech Cooling Systems was contracted...
GRP vs Steel Cooling Towers – Which Casing Material is Right For You?
GRP vs Steel & Why the Casing Material Matters The grudge match is on…who will conquer…will it be the gleaming shiny heavyweight stainless casing...
Steel, GRP, or Something in Between? Which Lasts Longer?
Now we’ve covered the different designs of tower and my ‘non-biased’ view of closed-circuit ones (you can still have one if you want one),...