European Refinery Case Study
Substituting for the entire cooling-tower needs of a European
refiner
The challenge to the customer
Veba, a refinery industry enterprise, processes petroleum into
well-known fuels and the waste products into asphalt, bitumen and
fertilisers. They required to undertake a 22.3 MW cooling
project, and turned to Aggreko's dedicated sales professionals
and technicians for assistance.
Aggreko's solution: cooling tower rental
During the four-week project, Aggreko sent an enormous fleet of
cooling towers to Gelsenkirchen to cool
1500 m3/hr (52,500 ft3/hr) from 36° to 24° C (97° to 75° F).
Additional cooling towers were brought in to increase the total
equipment to 15 cooling towers, 27 pumps, 4km (2.5 miles) hose with
a two-week setup.
Veba indicated that Aggreko, noted as a supplier of complete
temporary solutions in this area, was able to provide the
continuous cooling support needed by supplying temporary cooling
towers. Aggreko took over the complete power supply, starting from
medium-high voltage.
The benefits to the customer
Veba was pleased with Aggreko's reliable and innovative service.
The alternative, refrigeration machines, would have meant higher
costs with greater power consumption and more intensive support
requirements when compared to the cooling tower solution which was
implemented.