WaterPanel™ | Plume Abatement
WaterPanel™ uses new MIT-developed breakthroughs in electrostatic droplet capture to efficiently harvest the water content of cooling tower plumes. High-purity water is collected and re-used, while plumes are abated. It is the most effective solution for plume abatement and for water savings, and can be retrofitted to existing towers ranging from small packaged towers to large natural draft cooling towers.
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Key Benefits
Plume Abatement
The plumes emitted from cooling towers are essentially small condensation droplets that form due to the cooling of water vapor generated in the tower. WaterPanel™ abates the plume by capturing these small droplets after they form. Benefits include regulatory compliance, avoidance of outages due to freezing and fogging, and improved community relations.
Water Re-use
WaterPanel™ captures the pure water content of the plume and returns it to the plant for re-use. Plume water is evaporated and re-condensed in the cooling tower, similar to a distillation process, and therefore has high purity. Captured water can be used for demineralized water supply or re-used for cooling. If it is used for cooling, it can lower treatment costs and blowdown, and increase cycles of concentration.
Drift Elimination
WaterPanel™ captures the drift droplets that are released from cooling towers and prevents their spread to the surrounding area. Drift can carry toxic chemicals, contain bacteria (Legionella), or cause corrosion to nearby equipment. WaterPanel™ allows safe and compliant operation of cooling towers.
How it works
WaterPanel™️ system is installed in the exhaust of cooling towers and designed to extract liquid droplets from the airflow without affecting the air.
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Modular Installation
The system is produced in modules that can be placed in parallel to cover the exhaust area of any cooling tower. Modules are produced and tested at the factory, resulting in minimal time on site. Final assembly of modules into the supporting structure and placement on a cooling tower can be done in a matter of days on site, without requiring a plant outage.
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Capture
The technology uses proprietary electrodes to generate an electrical charge on the liquid droplets. An array of porous meshes with the opposite polarity is placed between the electrodes. When droplets are charged, electrostatic forces attract them to the meshes where they deposit.
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Reuse
Water flows down the meshes under gravity and is collected in a series of channels. The channels combine into a single pipe that brings the water to its point of use. Operation of the system is automated and optimized through our controls algorithms.
