Topics - Evaporative Cooling

Steve Kinkel, the CEO of United Metal Products, recently gave a presentation to the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) highlighting six reasons why evaporative cooling is the green solution for “big box” cooling. Below is a slightly modified summary of the environmental benefits that Kinkel mentioned:

1. Evaporative cooling is nature’s own method of cooling.
2. Evaporative cooling systems such as the Fan-Air use up to 75% less power than standard air conditioning.
3. The hydro-footprint of evaporative systems is significantly smaller when all water usage is taken into consideration.
4. The light weight of the evaporative systems conserves building material.
5. The direct evaporative cooling and indirect-direct evaporative cooling systems of United Metal Products use recyclable material and are chloroflourocarbon (CFC) free.
6. Systems such as the Fan-Air and Cel-Air are true 100% OSA systems that exceed all the environmental standards of Title 24.

A cost effective and environmentally friendly solution for cooling “big box” facilities is the Fan-Air line of direct evaporative coolers. Fan-Air evaporative coolers can provide up to 30,000 CFM while providing as much as a 60% savings over other evaporative cooling equipment. The high performance and savings that Fan-Air evaporative coolers provide make it the perfect cooling solution for owners, mechanical engineers, and contractors who are addressing value engineering issues for low static applications. In addition to the financial savings that the Fan-Air evaporative coolers provide, they are also an environmentally friendly solution for cooling in that they are a 100% OSA system and free of harmful CFC’s such as Freon.

“Fan-Air evaporative cooling equipment provides an efficient cooling solution for ‘big box’ facilities by helping to secure up to a 75% savings over standard package air conditioning systems in an environmentally responsible way. This green method of cooling is completely free of ozone harming chlorofluorocarbons and provides building occupants with a continuous stream of fresh air which leads to greater worker productivity.”— Peter Kinkel, Vice-President  of United Metal Products

Five tips for increasing the performance of the media in your evaporative cooling equipment:

• Provide shading for the evaporative cooling media and sump
• Allow the evaporative cooling media to completely dry out once every 24 hours
• Make sure there are no dry areas on the evaporative cooling media when the system is running
• Ensure that the system allows for the appropriate water bleed off  (one of the most important steps for minimizing scaling)
• Minimize the number of on and off cycles

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