Industries that require process heat rejection often use field-erected cooling towers to keep pace with the heat load. Cooling towers have large fans and motors that can present worksite challenges, including excessive sound and vibration. Gearboxes are employed to address these challenges.

Manufacturers engaged in process cooling or other applications where temperature control is critical may experience elevated energy costs on a regular basis. Also, the potential for dust and other environmental particulates clogging the cooling system or hindering robotic assembly can result in high maintenance costs, reduced productivity and excessive downtime.

Thirty years ago, heat transfer fluid (HTF) manufacturers would sell virgin fluids at inflated prices and dispose of the used thermal fluids without regard for the potential of remediating the used fluid. Times have changed.

Heat exchangers, boilers and other water-contacted vessels are integral parts of many industrial plants. Often, when people think of protecting these components from corrosion, their minds fast-forward to corrosion issues that occur after the equipment is installed.

A provider of electrochemical water treatment utilized technologies often used for process waters to help a federal facility in Georgia saved thousands of gallons of water and cut operating costs. 

No matter where you look, you will see that industries worldwide rely on iron and steel as an integral component within projects such as shipbuilding, bridge construction and railway infrastructure. 

California-based Southwest Thermal Technology was approached by one of its OEM customers to provide a shell-and-tube cooler to chill a client’s salsa prior to bottling. The request was more challenging than it sounds.

Maintaining proper water chemistry can be challenging, but water treatment suppliers can help. Evaluate water treatment service providers using our Cooling Capabilities Chart.

It’s easy to take the breadth of information available to each of us today. Whether you want to learn more about the benefits of crop rotation, the sleeping habits of Australian shepherds or a refresher on the Reynolds number and the equation for flow in a pipe or tube, the answer is just a click away.

Fully integrated design-build firm A M King completed an expansion project for Cheney Brother’s distribution center in Statesville, N.C. The 169,338 ft² cold storage addition will allow Cheney Brothers to expand its refrigeration capabilities and generate 100 full-time jobs at the facility.

When Frostburg State University (FSU) had to replace a failing metal clad cooling tower, the school’s engineering team considered two options: a new air-cooled system or the purchase of another metal-clad cooling tower. Neither seemed an appealing option to replace the rusted-out unit they were struggling to maintain.

Bacharach added 22 halogen refrigerants for its MGS-400 gas detectors in industrial gas leak-monitoring applications. They include: R1234yf, R1234ze, R134a, R22, R32, R404a, R407a, R407C, R407f, R410a, R422, R422D, R427A, R434A, R448A, R449A, R450A, R452A, R454A, R454C, R507a and R513A.

Tesco Controls Inc., a control system solutions provider for the water/wastewater industry, acquired Trimax Systems Inc. Trimax is a Southern California-based systems integrator serving the water/wastewater market.

The Solar Impulse Foundation endorsed the Turbocor oil-free compressor as one of the top 1,000 solutions for protecting the environment. Manufactured by Danfoss, the Turbocor compressor has been installed in water- and air-cooled chiller systems more than 68,000 times worldwide, says the company.

A partnership between Goodway Technologies and Multistack, a manufacturer of chiller systems, is intended to simplify the selection of cleaning chemicals for ensuring heat transfer and efficiencies remain optimal. Owners of Multistack chillers can use an online tool from Goodway to identify the type and amount of cleaner to use as well as how long to circulate the cleaning fluids.

Due to an XRA overpressure option, a gauge can withstand up to 400 percent overpressure without damage. This can eliminate the need for an external pressure-limiting valve, says the manufacturer.

Carrier Transicold Europe, located in Rueil-Malmaison, France, will collaborate with Chemours to specify and adopt an Opteon XL low global warming potential (GWP) hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerant to replace R-452A in transport refrigeration in 2021.

A skid-mounted, reverse-osmosis (RO) system is designed to produce ingredient water for infant formula and soft drinks.

It has been 100 years since Victaulic, Easton, Pa., was granted its first industry patent for a mechanical pipe-joining system. In 2019, the company has more than 2,000 patented solutions, and 1 billion of its systems have been installed worldwide, including the Hoover Dam, Eiffel Tower and Beijing Olympic Stadium.

Hands-on sessions, workshops, technical presentations, manufacturer sessions, and 13 hours of exhibition hall time are among the highlights of the conference program planned for the 2019 RETA Conference. The 3.5-day conference, planned for October 8-11 at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, is reportedly the largest gathering of refrigerating engineers and technicians that offers the length of educational and networking activities and events.

Antimicrobial cooling towers often used in industrial process applications have been tapped for service at a New York hospital. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln installed the plastic cooling towers to support its heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.

EarthFresh Farms, Burlington, Ontario, is expanding into the southeastern United States with an advanced technological packing plant and distribution center in Atlanta, Ga. The 140,000 ft² facility, EarthFresh Atlanta, will employ over 100 people when fully operational in September 2019.

Tonka Water, a U.S. Water Brand, worked with a design-build team to meet the needs of Colorado’s East Cherry Creek Valley. The solution: a groundwater treatment plant that includes a fully automated OptaCell Plus horizontal pressure filter system for the removal of iron and manganese.

A M King completed a large expansion and renovation at Aldi’s food distribution facility in South Windsor, Conn., increasing the space 170,000 ft² to 670,000 ft². The project includes additional cold storage and dry warehouse space, providing an opportunity for the grocer to increase its product offerings.

Stellar is designing and building a new facility for Fairlife LLC, a producer of nutritious milk beverages. The 300,000 ft² production and distribution facility in Goodyear, Ariz., will incorporate advanced manufacturing technologies and energy-saving equipment to reduce power consumption.

Preferred Freezer Services will invest $60 million to build a 200,000 ft² cold storage warehouse in Portsmouth, Va. The facility will be used to import, export, process and distribute a range of food products. It will include over 31,000 pallet positions. The project is expected to create 60 new jobs.

Americold Realty Trust (Americold) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Chiller Holdco LLC (Cloverleaf Cold Storage) for $1.24 billion. Cloverleaf, Sioux City, Iowa, is the fifth-largest cold storage provider in the United States by refrigerated cubic feet. The portfolio to be acquired consists of 22 facilities in nine states totaling 132 million refrigerated ft³.

Applications for the line of sanitary temperature control systems include biotechnology and pharmaceutical, extrusion, food and beverage processing, laboratory, medicine and vitamin processing, mixers and blenders, packaging, pet food processing, personal care/cosmetics, reactors, sterilizers and fermenters, surgical equipment and devices, and vessels/jacketed tanks.

Line of belt and direct-drive exhaust blowers includes standard and explosionproof models. The chemical-resistant blowers are designed to efficiently remove hazardous fumes from a fume hood.

Custom water treatment plant can be designed, manufactured and installed to meet process-specific conditions. 

Both ethylene glycol and propylene glycol are used as coolants to lower the freezing point for industrial use. For many reasons other than toxicity and environmental reasons, it is necessary to know which of the two glycols is present in a given water.

The company’s smallest capacity four-cylinder Discus III compressors, Models 4DA/4DE are intended for environmental chambers and process chillers, among other uses.

Offered with an RS485 interface, the Modbus RTU and BACnet MS/TP protocols facilitate the integration into a bus system. The installation-friendly, IP65/NEMA 4 enclosure is suited for plant and building systems.

Series PF provide guaranteed NEMA Type 12 protection, says the manufacturer. Filterfans 4.0 reach a particularly high airflow and provide an IP 54, Type 12 system of protection with flow-optimized fins and rotor blades. 

Smart temperature control unit is Industry 4.0 ready with an optional Ethernet port. It has integrated, preventive maintenance warnings for seal life, motor starters and heater run time.

The cGas Detector line offers flexibility with customized sensor combinations and options for adding the functionality needed to a gas detection system.