Water Saving Hybrid Dry Coolers Closed-loop Process Cooling System

Water Saving Hybrid Dry Coolers Closed-loop Process Cooling System

What is hybrid dry coolers?

Closed-loop process cooling systems are gaining attention among a growing number of industries with the introduction of more stringent regulations on water use and increasing costs for water purchase and discharge. A hybrid cooling system where the dry cooling and evaporative cooling technologies are taken together is an attractive alternative to open-loop cooling towers in terms of both water saving and efficiency.

The basic operating principle of the hybrid dry cooler is rejecting the heat by means of latent, or evaporative, heat transfer. In a typical dry cooler system, the closed-loop fluid is cooled by sensible heat transfer and the approach temperature of a dry cooler is based on the dry bulb, while in a hybrid dry cooler equipped with evaporative cooling pads its approach temperature is based on the wet bulb which takes into account the moisture in the air stream and which is always lower than the dry bulb temperature. The warmer the climate, the more the efficiency of using hybrid dry coolers. Hybrid dry coolers are also a cost-effective technology for water conservation compared to water-intensive open-loop cooling systems where the water is constantly exposed to the ambient air.

In order to fulfill the customer demand for efficient, water-conserving cooling systems, Kaltra launched a family of dry coolers with integrated direct evaporative pads to pre-cool the ambient air before entering the cooling coils. Evaporative media is made from finned aluminium and ensures the high evaporation efficiency, as well as the constant media pad cleanliness – a common problem the users face with cellulose-based evaporative media. At an air velocity of 2.0m/s, the saturation efficiency of the new evaporative media reaches 90 percent, compared to about 70 percent efficiency for cellulose-based media.

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