Heavy-duty chillers and cooling towers are used in many commercial and industrial HVAC applications. These critical pieces of equipment improve air conditioning performance and prevent malfunctions, but they require extra care and monitoring to keep systems running in good condition. Many facility managers use flow meters or flow monitors for proper maintenance and flow. Learn why.
How Do Chillers and Cooling Towers Help Air Conditioning Units?
Cooling towers and chillers extend the life of an HVAC unit and improve its performance. Their primary function is to maintain a constant temperature of liquid or air. If the liquid-to-air balance is disrupted, it can lead to a poor-functioning or broken air unit.
Flow Monitors and Flow Meters Are Crucial
Ensuring the constant flow rate of cooling water in a chiller or cooling tower is crucial for the cooling process. Detecting an increase or decrease in flow can help prevent quality problems and damage to expensive equipment. That’s why flow monitors and flow meters are recommended for chillers and cooling towers.
Flow monitors and flow meters are both suitable for cooling towers and chillers:
- Flow monitors are installed in-line to indicate the loss of flow of cooling water, which is crucial to the cooling process.
- Flow meters are installed in-line to provide an accurate indication of flow.
How Flow Monitors Benefit Chiller and Cooling Towers
Both water chillers and cooling towers benefit from using flow monitors to accurately maintain the efficiency of the water chiller or cooling tower.
Maintain Proper Flow
Extracting heat from the incoming water requires monitoring air flow and circulating water rate. Flow monitors maintain the accurate balance of recirculated water and the water-to-air flow. One flow monitor is placed on the circulating water line to monitor the flow rate, and another is placed on the water line to monitor the rate of flow.
Prevent Damage and Quality Problems
Flow monitors and flow meters help chillers and cooling towers operate smoothly by preventing and alerting if there are any inaccuracies in airflow. This helps protect expensive equipment from damage.
Cost Savings
In the long run, properly functioning chillers and cooling towers will extend the lifetime of expensive AC equipment. Efficient maintenance means that you will save on replacement or repair costs.
More Energy Efficient
Industrial and commercial air conditioners can use a lot of energy. Flow monitors and flow meters help ensure chillers and cooling towers stay at the right temperature instead of constantly fluctuating, making the system more energy efficient.
ChemTec’s Line of Flow Monitors and Flow Meters
ChemTec’s line of flow monitors and flow meters offer the accuracy, dependability, and durability that cooling towers and chillers need. Designed to sense both high-flow and low-flow conditions, ChemTec’s monitors and meters can be used in manual and programmable linear controllers.
The LPH flow monitor is economical, compact, and customizable to meet application demands. ChemTec’s MAO flow meter offers superior performance output.
ChemTec Flow Monitors Key Features:
- Compact Design
- Visual Indication of Flow
- Accurate
- No Seals
- Senses High & Low Flow Conditions
- Economical
- Customizable
Our team is here to help you find the right component for your air conditioning equipment, and we’ll help you learn more about it in the process. Submit an application inquiry to get started.
