Cooling Towers for European Refiner
Veba, a refinery industry enterprise, processes petroleum into
well-known fuels and the waste products into asphalt, bitumen and
fertilizers. Faced with a 22.3 MW cooling project, they
turned to Aggreko's rental cooling
towers.
Cooling Tower Rental
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.