Air2Air™ - Wet-Dry Hybrid Cooling

Overview

Features

Air2Air is a fully integrated system that operates more reliably than coil-based systems. By using a series of PVC heat exhanger packs in the tower plenum, ambient air condenses much of the moisture before it exits the tower.

The system can be installed on a single cell, or an entire tower, depending on the required water return rate. It is also available both for existing and new cooling towers.

Challenges

Water scarcity is a problem. Many industries face serious operating constraints from a lack of water resources. These industries lose millions in revenue in lost production and suffer from increasing water costs each year. Many power plants are finding it more difficult to get approval for plant expansions, solely because of a lack of water.

Solutions

SPX scientists and engineers have developed a simple and effective system for recovering much of the water that is evaporated in a standard cooling tower. Recovered water can be returned directly to the tower basin, or even piped away as a pure water stream for boiler make-up or other plant uses.

Use of this system can allow greater plant production, reduce water consumption and treatment cost, and even replace more costly means of generating pure water. By combining the Air2Air technology with a hybrid, split steam system, steam-plant cooling systems can be optimized to provide the most efficient use of available water resources possible.

Save Water and Save Money

With environmental concerns high than ever, SPX’s Air2Air technology can help you accomplish something concrete and significant — and something that benefits everyone.

Consider this: One large cooling tower fan cell equipped with an Air2Air system can save nearly 270 million 8-ounce glasses of water every year — enough to quench the thirst of every adult in the United States. And that’s only one cell, for only one year.