AMG 1620 cooling tower for a sugar mill in Rondon/PR
Disassembled AMG 1620 water cooling tower destined for a sugar mill in Rondon/PR.
For sugar mills, cooling towers are used to remove heat from process circuits and utilities, such as condensers, heat exchangers, and industrial water cooling systems. In environmental documents and licenses for sugar and ethanol plants in Brazil, cooling towers appear as typical equipment for this type of industrial plant.
In practice, for this sector, the choice of tower depends mainly on 4 points:
1. Water Quality
If the circuit water has a higher risk of dirt, solids, scaling, or process contamination, it is usually safer to evaluate a tower with a more robust configuration for "dirty water". In this case, the recommended option is to use the AMG circular grid block packing, which provides good tower performance and does not retain particles.
2. Flow Rate and Thermal Load
To determine the correct size, it is necessary to provide:
Water flow rate in m³/h
Hot water inlet temperature
Desired outlet temperature
Local wet-bulb temperature
Operating regime during harvest and off-season
3. Construction Material
In sugar mills, the following are usually evaluated:
Fiberglass: good corrosion resistance and low maintenance
Galvanized/stainless steel structure: depends on the aggressiveness of the water and the environment
For sugar mills, the best cost-benefit ratio is often found in an open industrial tower, but this depends on water quality and process criticality.
>> See details of the AMG model 1620 tower
Client: Sugar mill.
Location: Rondon/PR.
