Substituting for the entire cooling-tower needs of a European
refiner
The challenge to the customer
Veba, a refinery industry
enterprise, processes petroleum into well-known fuels and the waste
products into asphalt, bitumen and fertilizers required to
undertake this 22.3 MW cooling project. and turned
to Aggreko's dedicated sales professionals and technicians for
assistance.
Aggreko's solution
During the four-week project,
Aggreko sent an enormous fleet of cooling towers to Gelsenkirchen
to cool 1500 m3/hr (52,500 ft3/hr) from 36° to 24° C (97° to 75°
F). Additional cooling towers were brought in to increase the total
equipment to 15 cooling towers, 27 pumps, 4km (2.5 miles) hose with
a two-week setup. Veba indicated that Aggreko, noted as a supplier
of complete temporary solutions in this area was able to
provide the continuous cooling support needed by supplying
temporary cooling towers. Aggreko took over the complete power
supply, starting from medium-high voltage.
The benefits to the customer
Veba was pleased with Aggreko's
reliable and innovative service. The alternative, refrigeration
machines, would have meant higher costs with greater power
consumption and more intensive support requirements when compared
to the cooling tower solution which was implemented.