At YWCT, you’ll find a combination of theoretical engineering and practical know-how about cooling towers, including:
Our customization package
Including modifications in piping as per customer needs (e.g., number and location of inlets), smooth integration with external chassis, and special maintenance and safety requirements. Our engineering package
Including thermal rating, wet-bulb analysis,
what-if analysis, noise calculations, P&ID diagram, finite element analysis, performance curve, and detailed documentation. Our project management package
All of our projects are headed by an experienced project manager who coordinates the design process and logistics, and functions as a single point of contact. Modularizing configuration to reduce on-site er****on time
We can design and build an FRP, integral-basin cooling tower for 1,000 m3/h to be built near your site in modules. Lifting a complete cell to reduce production downtime
We build your new cooling tower in proximity to the old one, and only when it’s ready, we demolish the old one and replace it in just a few days with your new tower. Designing the cooling tower to fit your existing basin
Whether round or rectangular. We can design your new cooling tower to fit with maximum efficiency. Designing nearly any cooling tower
Required, whether cross-flow, counter-flow, packaged, or field erected; cooling extremely hot or brackish water; all low profile or low noise configuration. Modular Cooling Towers
In many cases, installing a medium-size cooling tower (i.e., 30m2-120m2) is a challenging task. 6mx6m cells, for example, are too big to be transported as a single unit over land. One alternative would be shipping the cooling towers in components and installing them on site. Not only does this require a qualified team and enough space on site, but installation may take weeks. Such an installation process is not possible at small sites, and in many cases, it interferes with contractors’ other work. YWCT has designed a cooling tower that solves these problems. The cooling tower components are sent to YWCT’s distributor’s premises in the customer’s destination country and assembled there (this reduces high sea freight costs associated with shipment of assembled cooling towers from the manufacturer‘s country). The cooling tower is tested and then disassembled into modules (sections), which are shipped to the job site on trucks. Assembly on site takes two to five days and requires a crew of five and a small crane. Two additional advantages of this modular cooling tower:
Materials. The cooling tower is made of pultruded FRP, which is on the one hand strong, light, and anti-corrosive; and on the other hand, inexpensive. FRP components are joined using SS hardware. Integral basin. Unlike other solutions in the market, YWCT‘s modular cooling tower is fitted with an integral FRP basin of up to 2m depth
The bottom line: The customer gets a high-quality cooling tower, with low shipment and assembly cost and quick installation time, so the total cost of procurement is low. Retrofits
YWCT can design any cooling tower (1,000 m3/hr-100,000 m3/hr) to
Retrofits
YWCT specializes in tailor-made cooling towers that comply with any cooling challenge. Flexibility in production, diversified materials, and extensive cooling tower knowledge enables us to help you devise the cooling tower as per your specific requirements. One of the most frequent challenges we encounter is replacement of old cooling towers in an operating plant. These challenges can be divided into two:
Fitting a new cooling tower to an existing basin. YWCT specializes in designing custom-made cooling towers. In most cases, cooling towers of this size are made of pultruded FRP and designed for at least 25 years of service.In many cases, additional capacity is required due to growing demand of manufacturing process/es over the years. With modern technology, retrofitting is feasible in most cases. By converting crossflow configuration to counterflow, and choosing new fill types that were not available just a few years ago, we can significantly increase an existing cooling tower’s capacity. Minimum downtime. In many cases, stopping an operating cooling tower causes significant loss of output and revenues. To reduce downtime to a minimum, we have developed two methodologies to handle such situations:
Lifting complete cooling tower cells. If there is enough space on site near the existing cooling tower, YWCT can design and build an entire cell alongside the existing cooling tower. On D-Day, one construction team demolishes the existing cooling tower (or one of its cells), and another team is responsible for lifting the new cell and positioning it in place. The process can take two to three days, although in many cases, post demolition of the existing cooling tower is a good time to reconstruct the concrete basin. Building cooling towers in modules. When there is no space on site or when the customer would like to reduce the duration of activities on site, building the cooling tower in modules is the way to go. The new cooling tower will be designed in modules that are built at a distant location. The modules (made of pultruded FRP) are designed to be transported on standard trucks. On D-Day, the modules are shipped to the site and assembled in a process that may take a few days, in place of the demolished cooling tower. Field-erected cooling towers
YWCT can offer our customers two alternatives for field-erected cooling towers (~1,000 m3hr-100,000 m3hr):
Pultruded FRP structure
Fiberglass field-erected cooling towers are high-quality cooling towers with powerful cooling capacity, designed to serve the heavy-duty heat removal demands of various industrial sectors. Pultruded fiberglass structure is ideal for the wet, corrosive environments typical of cooling towers: It is strong yet light, doesn’t corrode when exposed to moisture or chemicals, and due to its UV resistance, won’t deteriorate when exposed to sunlight. Whether counterflow or crossflow design, they are structured of continuous composite fiberglass-pultruded sections that comply with CTI’s STD 37 and conform to ASTM E84D with a flame spread rating below 25. YWCT provides our customers with scale drawings of the concrete cement basin, including locations and production drawings of all pipe fittings in 2D or 3D. The size of a single cell ranges from 6mx6m to 16mx16m. When the concrete basin is ready on site, YWCT sends one of its site managers to supervise er****on (usually conducted using local teams). Pultruded FRP cooling towers have become an alternative solution to traditional concrete cooling towers, as in many cases they cost less and their er****on time is much shorter than that of cooling towers made entirely of concrete. In addition, pultruded FRP towers in many cases offer superior corrosion resistance. Concrete structure
Concrete cement cooling towers are designed for heavy industrial applications such as power plants; petrochemical and chemicals plants; and refineries of various kinds. YWCT provides our customers with scale drawings of the concrete cement structure, including locations and production drawings of all pipe fittings in 2D or 3D. In most cases, our customers (who are familiar with the local market and regulations) choose to take over the civil engineering and the concrete work. Our engineering department guides the concrete construction process from beginning to completion, ensuring that on-site work meets all requirements. While construction is taking place, all relevant parts of the cooling tower are purchased or manufactured and delivered to the job site. When the structure is ready, YWCT sends one of its site managers to supervise the final stage of the cooling tower er****on, which includes fitting of the cooling towers with fill, louvers, fan, motor unit, and fan stack (the work is usually conducted using local teams) until the cooling tower is operational. Choosing a concrete structure ensures the end user long product life for the cooling tower, and may be the least costly solution for certain customers who already work with a concrete contractor, particularly in locations where labor is less costly. As an option, YWCT can offer additional features for its field-erected cooling towers:
Low-noise fans
Complementary subsystems: filtration system, I&C, circulation pumps, water treatment systems, heat exchangers, VFD, and more
Elevated basin for optimal use of space
Rainfall attenuating
Solutions for low-quality water
Additional veil layers for increased corrosion resistance (for pultruded FRP structure)
Complementary subsystems: filtration system, I&C, circulation pumps, water treatment systems, heat exchangers, VFD, and more
Elevated basin for optimal use of space
Rainfall attenuating
Solutions for low-quality water
Additional veil layers for increased corrosion resistance (for pultruded FRP structure)
