Adiabatic coolers
As the HVAC industry strives to reduce energy consumption, adiabatic coolers are becoming a more common cooling solution and adiabatic coolers are changing the cooling industry significantly by reducing water and power consumption whilst being up to 75% more cost-effective than a cooling tower.
Adiabatic coolers provide a modern, efficient alternative to traditional cooling towers, delivering impressive energy and water savings as well as significantly lower maintenance and OPEX. Adiabatic coolers provide a low-risk alternative to hybrid and traditional cooling towers; features of adiabatic coolers include UV sterilisation systems which come as standard in the units and have been developed in conjunction with the advice given by the British Health & Safety Executive to reduce the risks of water contamination.
Adiabatic cooling is the process of cooling through a change in air pressure created by volume expansion. Working in ‘wet’ mode for typically only 3% of the year, adiabatic cooling systems only use around 1% of the water consumed in traditional cooling towers and as little as 2% of that used by wetted surface hybrid dry coolers. Adiabatic coolers automatically spray, purge, drain down, and UV sterilise when required – water is only evaporated/ consumed when dry cooling alone can no longer achieve the required water temperature.