Solutions

After a conversation with Bowling Green Metalforming, Lyons collaborated with a Fidelity Building Services Group (Fidelity) partner company, CT/HX, a nationwide specialty provider of cooling tower and heat exchanger overhaul services. CT/HX, with decades of experience extending the life of equipment and recapturing thermal efficiencies, was the ideal partner for this project.

Following an analysis by the CT/HX team, Lyons outlined an approach for the refurbishment of the cooling towers, which included cleaning the units, recoating the basins, and replacing the intake louvers and media filters.

Challenges

The inefficiency of Bowling Green Metalforming’s existing cooling towers was a primary concern that drove the decision for refurbishment in order to defer large capital expenditures. Furthermore, time was of the essence, and acquiring new equipment would have taken too long.

Lyons’ partnership with CT/HX provided a unified team that was able to exceed customer expectations. Service technicians worked closely with the building maintenance staff to coordinate all the necessary work to prevent interruptions and maintain strict safety protocols.

After properly disposing of all existing PVC heat transfer media and drift eliminators, the team cleaned the cold-water basins of accumulated dirt, scale, and debris, and high-pressure power washed the interior of each tower. The interiors of the cooling towers were grinded down using a mechanically powered wire brush and abrasive disc grinder to prepare the sheet metal for new protective caulking and coatings. The team then reinstalled refreshed spray header branches that had been removed before installing new PVC CF80Max high efficiency eliminators in each of the towers.