INTRODUCING AQUAFAN

Motorless Hydro-Powered Cooling Tower Technology

The AQUAFAN principle
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What AQUAFAN can do for you
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AQUAFAN allows >25% reduction of investments and

operational
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AQUAFAN allows up to 75% reduction of your carbon
footprint
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AQUAFAN allows 100% reduction of maintenance cost
on the power system of your cooling towers
Reduced CAPEX and OPEX

Decrease >25% CAPEX in new cooling tower setup:

Cost of AQUAFAN cooling tower equipment typically 15% below
conventional systems
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Cost of installation (no electric to cooling tower, no vibration
switches, no spring isolators required) can be reduced >10%
Decrease
D OPEX 25% - 75%
Lowered energy consumption up to 75% decrease
Cost of maintenance over 75% decrease
Main Characteristics

Uses system pressure of the cooling water to drive the

fan.
No fan motor
motor, gear box or traditional bearings
(lubrication by water and Teflon bearing ring).
System pump powers the fan via high-efficiency
high efficiency turbine.

Forced Draft Cooling Tower Principle:

Moving water and air are in contact in the tower to
allow cooling through evaporation of a small %-age of
the water.
The tower infill increases retention time of water in the
tower to facilitate the evaporation. Electric pumps and
fan motors are required in conventional systems.
Principles
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Water pressure from system pump

drives the fan
Water p pressure varies with cooling
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requirements
Fan draws required air quantities
over infill
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Water exiting the turbine evenly
distributed over the infill
Optimal cooling performance with
limited energy demand
Operational
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Sustainable Low Energy Consumption

Reliable Low System Downtime
Durable Long Operational Life Span

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Low Noise
Explosion
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Low Energy
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AQUAFAN cooling system is (at design conditions) on

average 10-15% more efficient than conventional
counter flow cooling towers
3-5 m pump head remaining at top of cooling tower (required for
water spread from the nozzles) are conversed into fan energy

Typical energy saving in (VFD controlled) operations

> 30% up to 75%
75%, due to optimal response of the
AQUAFAN to:
changing
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(Wet Bulb Temperature)
varying cooling requirements
Low System
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Turbine is the only moving part: runs on Teflon

bearing rings, lubricated by the water.
Modular system allows 24/7-operation
Routine maintenance of the AQUAFAN cooling tower is
hardly necessary.
Only non-corrosive materials are used
Worry
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Proportional control of air and water avoids freezing of

packing and fan blades.
Warm cooling water will thaw up fan/turbine assembly
after freezing during standstill
Runs system with constant CWT (cold water
temperature) during winter.
Low Noise
No noise from fan motors or gear box
Use of light weight fan (placed below drift eliminators)
Noise Power Level ((SPL)) < 80 dB and at 10 m < 58 dB

Explosion Proof
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parts in the cooling
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Suitable for high-risk environments
Modular Systems
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Flexible in capacity and construction by a applying a

modular system.
Extension
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adding modules.
Cell sizes:
7 ft (prefab): up to 175 m3/hour
8 ft: up to 200 m3/hour
10 ft: up to 265 m3/hour
12 ft: up to 325 m3/hour
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Reduce system m2-requirements
Construction Information
Cooling Tower part Material

Turbine Nylon and Stainless

Steel
Fan ABS

Structural Parts Pultruted FRP

Cladding FRP

Fasteners Stainless Steel 304

Piping PVC

Drift eliminator PVC

Infill PVC or ABS

Application
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Diaryy Industries Chemical and Petrochemical
Paper Mills Industries
Steel & Non-Ferro Mills Casting & Die Casting Industries
Power Stations Plastics Industries
HVAC - Comfort Cooling (hotels-office- Mining Industries
hospitals) Semi Conductor Industries
Pharmaceutical Industries Sugar Industries
Suga dust es
Contaminant removal processes
Projects
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About WATCO-Group
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Wacon Aquafan Technology Company

Active in Cooling Tower Industry since 1984

Head office in Singapore with facilities in Asia and
N h l d
Netherlands
www.watco-group.co
www.aquafan.co

WATCO C Combines
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European Engineering
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the advantages of Oriental Manufacturing
(under European Supervision)