Aggreko Cooling Tower Services Keeps Power Plant's Discharge
Temps in Check
The Customer Challenge
At a major power plant’s generation facility in Florida,
maintaining regulated temperatures for discharge water can be a
challenge during the summer. Cooling water flowing in from the Gulf
is warm, and customer demand is at its highest. The plant faced a
choice: either cool its discharge water or reduce production
through de-rates. A de-rate at that plant means power has to come
from other plants burning more expensive fuels, which means higher
costs for customers.
The Aggreko Solution
Aggreko Cooling Tower Services provided a
flexible, modular cooling tower solution that the plant could
use during peak periods of demand or weather extremes – whenever it
faced rising discharge temperatures. The Aggreko team installed 67
cooling tower rentals, 27
rental pumps, plus several miles of piping and
associated fittings to meet the plant’s cooling needs – a major and
complex deployment. The entire system is fully automated, PC
controlled and managed by the plant’s operators located
off-site.
The Benefit to the Customer
With cooling towers from Aggreko Cooling Tower Services in
place, the power plant can operate the “helper” towers only when
needed to avoid de-rates. And by cooling discharge water only
during peak demand, the plant will be able to provide the most
cost-effective energy when its customers need it most. This
solution will also enable the customer to determine if its thermal
issues are temporary in nature before they invest in a more costly
long-term solution.