To enable raw water for use as cooling water, industrial facilities such as power, processing, and manufacturing plants prefilter raw water from rivers, lakes, gulfs, and coastlines to remove organic, aquatic, and other solids. It’s not as simple as it sounds.

The cooling water is typically used in a couple of ways. With once-through systems, water circulates through pipes, absorbing system heat before it is returned to its original source. Cooling towers can also utilize water from natural sources. These towers remove heat from machinery, heated process material/fluids, chillers, and other sources.

Industrial water filtration

Power plants with cooling towers as well as other industrial applications depend on reliable, efficient filtering of debris from the water to prevent excessive maintenance and downtime.

Because the cooling water originates from bodies of water, it can be dirty, with considerable debris, weeds, and trash. Strainers are required to remove the waste from the cooling water before it goes into heat exchangers and cooling systems, and to prevent spray nozzles from clogging.

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