It makes a lot of sense to install Air Solution Company’s patented, Cottonwood Air Intake Filter Screens on your tower(s) with secure fastening systems that are easy to operate and access for maintenance and for storage during the off-season, such as the retractable Pulley Mount system.

According to many cooling tower experts, manufacturers and engineers, you can reduce maintenance costs by as much as 70% by keeping the large airborne debris out of the fill, sump and strainers.  It is reported that a single fill cleaning can cost as much as $5000 – $7500 per cell.

Then consider the costs of repeatedly cleaning the strainer(s), sump and chiller condensers if this debris passes through, not to mention higher water treatment cost for biocides to deal with the debris and fight bacteria.

But there’s more . . . improve efficiency, reduce energy cost, maintain capacity and runtime

If you have crossflow cooling towers, you can actually increase the cooling efficiency.  Air Solution Company’s Cottonwood Filter Screens increase the evaporative capacity of the Fill, reducing water temperature at the basin by 1 to 2 degrees Fahrenheit beyond its original design temperature.  So, what’s the big upside of this?  For every 1° F increase or decrease in leaving water temperature from your towers and entering the chiller(s) effects the head-pressure and results in is a 2%  in energy savings or additional cost for every degree.  Keeping head-pressure down, especially during high ambient days in the summer, contributes to high head pressure that can lead to capacity loss and surging, which is not good for your chillers.  This translates into a significant reduction/elimination in downtime, lost productivity and energy savings.

Read the publication: Increase Cooling Efficiency on Crossflow Cooling Towers.  

Keeping your cooling towers clean is important!  Don’t cut any corners, it costs way too much!