Doctors work on a patient in a surgery room.

Cooling keeps hospital open

Temporary cooling system keeps hospital open

  • The Challenge

    Keep a hospital open by providing temporary cooling within 48 hours

  • The Impact

    The temporary system cooled the hospital and avoided a shut down

  • The Solution

    Complex chilling system with 24-hour technical support

Client:Hospital and research facility

Location:Galveston, Texas, USA

Sectors:Contracting

The challenge

Deliver a hospital cooling system in 48 hours

A large hospital in Galveston, Texas, had lost one of its chiller motors. In the heat of a Texan summer, where daily temperatures push above the 90°F (32°C) mark, the remaining chiller was struggling to keep up with demand. The hospital faced the unpleasant prospect of having to shut down within 48 hours. But before it did, they called us to see if there was something we could do. We were confident we could provide rapid ready-to-go cooling in that time.

90 Outside temperature
48 hoursInstallation time
24 hoursOn-site support

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The Solution

Ready-to-go cooling with 24/7 support

While the mechanical contractor worked on fixing the disabled chiller motor, we concentrated on the details of the temporary package. We brought in our Aggreko Cooling Tower Service (ACTS) team that specialises in improving water performance and reliability in temporary cooling tower installations. On their advice, an extensive range of equipment – including water-cooled chillers, piping, connections, cooling tower water pumps and generators – was brought in and hooked up in a ready-to-go package serviced by 24-hour technical support.

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