Adiabatic Condenser Cooling Explanation
Spraying water onto condensers or dry coolers to improve performance during periods of high ambient temperatures is common practice. This has a short term positive effect, but as water evaporates on the coil scale deposits remain exacerbating the situation Water usage can also be very high
Our Adiabatic system utilises a mesh suspended in front of the coil face, a spray system is mounted on the coil face with nozzles directed towards the mesh, water is then sprayed onto the inside face of the mesh, air passing though the mesh evaporates the water and is cooled.
To control water use the spray is energised at ambient temperatures over 20°C and pulsed on / off dependent on this temperature.
The adiabatic cooling system relies on the difference between ambient air dry bulb temperature and wet bulb temperature. During the summer this difference is high which allows air to be cooled by up to 12°C.
In many cases this modification will increase cooling capacity by 20%, often sufficient to avoid the costly replacement of chillers or condensers.

