Look at the ROI Numbers !

Energy Savings, Added Value, Benefits, Maps & Cicada Information Links
 
In addition to keeping these bugs out of your towers and your systems clean, the cooling tower efficiency and performance is dramatically improved, in the following ways:
 
ROI: Significant Energy & Operational Cost Savings
 
  • 5% savings in the cooling tower fan VFD or runtime


  • 2-3% savings in the chiller(s) due to a 1º F lower water temperature in a 10º F DeltaT design ($1,450 – $2,000/yr x 10 yrs = $14,000-$20,000)


  • 20% savings in maintenance & water treatment costs

  • Total ROI for Intake Air Filters > 2 years
     on Cooling Towers, not counting the costs for removing 13 & 17 Year Periodical Cicadas
 

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The Prevention of Legionellosis & Cooling Tower Fouling: The Problem is Contaminates & Keep the Airborne Debris Out in the First Place

 “Contaminates in a cooling tower system, both suspended and precipitated solids, facilitate the growth of bacteria and biofilms that can increase the potential for Legionella.”
 
BSR / ASHRAE Standard 188P, Prevention of Legionellosis Associated with Building Water Systems (3rd Public Review Draft, (January 2013)
 
 
Keep Airborne Debris Out in the First Place
 
The Air Intake Filter systems have been installed on cooling and air intake systems across many industries. Whether your systems are used for process or environmental air, no business today can afford to be without an effective cooling system.

That is why taking preventative measures makes sense. Air Intake Filters provide you with a first line of defense preventing cottonwood seed, airborne debris and insects from entering your cooling or air handling system, helping to:
 

  • First Step in the Control of Microbiological Activity is to Eliminate the Major Sources of Contamination
   

 

 
  • In Cooling Towers Those Sources are Mostly Airborne
  • Keeps Bugs, Leaves, Cottonwood and Other Airborne Debris Out of the Fill, Sump, Strainers, Blow-down Valves, Other Components & Out of the Water
  • Non-chemical Water Treatment components are especially vulnerable to the build-up of cottonwood and sludge, ElectroStatic electrodes must be clean to function properly
  • Pulse-Power Technology requires Systems Solids Management such as a Centrifugal Separator or side-stream water filters to maintain clean water.  Cottonwood Air Intake Filters keep the airborne solids out and allow the non-chemical water treatment and supporting system to operate in ideal conditions
  • You Save Time & Money by Using an Air-side Solution for Airborne Problems
  • Eliminate the Need For or Reduce the Size of Water Filtration Equipment: Applies to First Cost and the Associated Operating & Maintenance Costs
  • Prevent Down Time Due To Clogging and Fouling
  • Protects Against Insects, especially swarms of Cicadas During the 2014 & 2015, the 13 Yr & 17 Yr Broods in KS & MO
  • Reduces or Eliminates Algae Growth due to Shading
  • Reduces Water Treatment Costs, Makes Water Treatment Chemicals More Effective So You Use Less
  • Improves Cooling Tower & Chiller Plant Performance by Creating Laminar Airflow Across the Fill
  • Helps to minimize pathogenic biological agents in cooling towers by removing food sources
  • Best Practices for the Prevention of Bacterial Growth & Prevention of Legionella
  • Part of a Good Program to Protect Building Occupants, Maintenance Staff & Others
 
A recent cooling tower study showed dramatic improvement in tower and condenser water system performance.  The cottonwood filters create laminar flow across the cooling tower fill which results in:

  • Reducing the leaving water temperature to the chillers by 1° F which is an immediate 2% energy savings for all operating chillers


  • 5% reduction in the cooling tower fan energy


  • 20% reduction in tower maintenance costs
With thousands of filters currently in service across North America, our cost effective air intake filter systems have become a key component in the management of environmental air and in the maintenance of cooling water systems.  Click Here to read more

 

2015 the 13 & 17-Year Periodical Cicadas Emergence in Kansas & Missouri

 April 22, 2015 UPDATES (see below)
Emergence of the Missouri & Kansas Periodic Cicada Broods
 
A tree can hold as many as 40,000 cicadas, and there can be as many as 1.5 million per acre. (Source: Iowa State University Department of Entomology)
 
 Air Solution Company’s patented Air Intake Filters for cooling tower applications will provide the protection you need.  For more information, pricing or to contact us CLICK HERE
 

Cicadas affect campus cooling systems Wednesday, Jun. 1, 2011 — 2:39 PM

13 & 17 Year Periodical Cicada Broods are known to be as large as a BILLION per square mile and are a nuisance for 6-8 weeks.

Cicadas are attracted by the sound of cooling towers and can easily inundate the fill, sump, strainer, piping, pumps and chillers.  Air intakes of other equipment can also be affected.
UPDATES:

Brood IV, the Kansan brood, will emerge in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, in the spring of 2015.

 
The cicada species that will emerge are Magicicada cassinii (Fisher, 1852), Magicicada septendecim (Linnaeus, 1758), and Magicicada septendecula Alexander and Moore, 1962. These periodical cicadas have a 17-year life cycle. The last time they emerged was 1998.
 
 
Missouri Counties Affected: Atchison, Barton, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, Dekalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Pettis, Ray, Saline, Vern, and Worth
 
Kansas Counties Affected: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Greenwood, Johnson, Labette, Linn, Lyon, Marion, Montgomery, Neosho, Osage, Pottawatomie, Riley, Saline, Sumner, Wilson, Woodson, and Wyandotte  CLICK HERE FOR MAP
 

Missouri Counties Affected: Andrew, Barry, Bates, Bollinger, Boone, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Cedar, Christian, Clark, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Franklin, Henry, Hickory, Howard, Howell, Jefferson, Knox, Laclede, Lawrence, Macon, Maries, Mississippi, Montgomery, Morgan, Newton, Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Pettis, Polk, Randolph, Scott, Shannon, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard, Stone, Taney, Texas, Warren, Washington, Webster  CLICK HERE FOR MAP
 
These bugs are harmless, except to your cooling towers
and other mechanical equipment air intakes.
 
They are attracted to the sound of cooling towers, 
get sucked in plugging the fill, strainers and sump.
 
They contaminate the cooling tower water.
Their soft tissues breakdown feeding and escalating the bacterial level
and they absorb water treatment chemicals.
 
Their hard exoskeleton does not breakdown in the water
or by water treatment. They have to be physically removed
from the fill, sump and strainers
 
  They can plug up other equipment and AHU air filters, as well.
 
You can protect your cooling towers and other

susceptible equipment with patented Air Intake Filters

from Air Solution Company.  And this is a good time to do it,
while there time to order and install the filters.
 
By keeping these bugs and other airborne debris (like cottonwood seed) out of your HVAC systems, you will avoid all the headaches and high maintenance and labor costs.
 

 

Posted: Jul 13, 2011 4:24 PM CST

“Teams will be out inspecting all 88 cooling towers across the district. More sub-contractors will be hired to handle the clean-up. Seven crews will be out daily. Each of those crews will be cleaning about eight to ten towers a day.”
 
 

Consider the cost of this:
88 cooling towers, 7 crews, 14 people in the field, $80/hour contract labor, 40 day duration = $224,400 or $2,545 / tower to remove the Cicadas and keep the chiller plants operating, otherwise they shutdown.
 

This is the calculated cost to vacuum and skim the bugs out of the sump, fill and strainers does not include added water treatment, higher water and energy costs or additional maintenance due to high head conditions.  For example a 1° higher condenser water temperature entering a 250 ton chiller operating at .60 kW/ton at 79% load, 16 hrs/day, 214 days/year = 3% inefficient or $1,450/yr.per chiller.

Look at the Numbers !
ROI: Significant Energy & Operational Cost Savings
 
  • 5% savings in the cooling tower fan VFD or runtime
  • 2-3% savings in the chiller(s) due to a 1º F lower water temperature in a 10º F DeltaT design ($1,450 – $2,000/yr x 10 yrs = $14,000-$20,000)
  • 20% savings in maintenance & water treatment costs

  • Total ROI for Intake Air Filters > 2 years on Cooling Towers, not counting the costs for removing 13 & 17 Year Periodical Cicadas
 

 

If you have forgotten or haven’t seen how Cicadas can impact a building . . . watch this video filmed in Nashville, TN
May 24, 2011. 
 
The cicadas don’t stay in the trees, grass and shrubs. They swarm buildings and will inundate cooling towers.
 
6 Story Wall of Cicadas Video
 

  

 

 
 
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Warren’s breakthrough design in air flow throttling control offers superior acoustical, laminar flow and controllability characteristics. The Zebra® precision air valve may be used to regulate or balance air flow in ducted HVAC systems, air handling units, economizer sections, outside air intakes, or VAV applications. The Zebra® air valve assembly is compact and modular for easy installation and service, and can be mounted in almost any ducted system. Structural integrity of the Zebra® air valve is enhanced by the pleated accordion design and integral heavy gauge frame construction.

 

The effects of stratification have long been a concern to mechanical systems designers and building engineers. The Zebra® precision air valve offers laminar airflow throughout its entire throttling range. This ensures even air distribution over the entire cross-sectional area of the heating coil and/or supply duct.

 

The Zebra® precision air valve’s patented slide plates and direct-drive actuator mechanism provide precise throttling control. Due to its linear stroke and tight drive mechanism, Zebra®‘s slide plate design dramatically reduces linkage hysteresis and slide loading commonly found in conventional dampers. The actuator stroke (travel) is linear with its free area opening which provides more accurate control at low flows.

 

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 The U.S. Government (NIOSH) recommends that filtration systems be enhanced to remove hazardous air borne contaminants (See NIOSH Publication 2003-136). Uni-Guard™ is the most cost-effective enhancement method available. recommends that filtration systems be enhanced to remove hazardous air borne contaminants (See NIOSH Publication 2003-136). Uni-Guard™ is the most cost-effective enhancement method available.
 
 The unique design of  Uni-Guard™ Ceiling Filter-Diffuser Units makes possible a revolutionary value-added concept in Air Filtration and Air Diffusion.
 
 Uni-Guard™ ceiling filter-diffuser units enable high-efficiency, sub-micron filters to be applied in a central fan system at the room air supply outlets. This is the ideal location to provide maximum overall system filtration effectiveness without increasing fan energy costs. Uniform air motion within the occupied space “sweeps” contaminates to the filters and provides draft free thermal comfort at higher energy saving thermostat settings.
 
 Uni-Guard™ ceiling filter-diffuser units are especially suitable for the enhancement of existing central fan filtration systems, but may also be used with new systems.
 
 Installation of Uni-Guard™ ceiling filter-diffuser units is simple, replaces old conventional diffusers, and does not require modifications of duct work or equipment rooms. The units may be installed incrementally, over time, without shutting the system down.
 
 Uni-Guard™ results can be measured immediately after the installation of a single unit. The occupants will see and feel the improvement.
 
 Additional Benefits & Features
  • reduces occupant complaints
  • improves productivity and morale
  • removes airborne contaminates generated in ducts
  • MERV 12 to 20 (HEPA and ULPA) filter option
  • selective individual room filtration
  
  
 

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