International. As a result of the two-year special project 'Evaporative Cooling 2030', the Eurovent Association has published a set of documents including a new Eurovent Recommendation and a dedicated brochure, which provides a clear vision of what the evaporative cooling industry saves in terms of CO2 emissions today and what it can save tomorrow.
These documents are complemented by the first European monograph of the evaporative cooling industry that provides a clear indication of its size and scope.
Eurovent, in close collaboration with leading European manufacturers of evaporative cooling equipment, has carried out an extensive study for a variety of load profiles, climatic conditions and control strategies. One year of operation was simulated for each system; The same annual load profile and weather conditions were used in all simulations. The results of this study show that the cooling system using wet cooling towers has the lowest co2 footprint throughout the year.
Mr. Rob Vandenboer, President of the Eurovent Special Project 'Evaporative Cooling 2030' (SP-CT2), states: "When comparing a highly efficient evaporative cooling system with an alternative dry cooling solution, the CO2-saving potential of evaporative cooling for the entire system is clearly proven by this robust simulation. This project eliminates the challenge faced by all end users, designers and policymakers when they want to truly understand the CO2 emission reduction potential of evaporative cooling."
He adds: "The European evaporative cooling industry, very well assessed in Eurovent Industry's 9/1 monograph, is working very hard to find long-term sustainable solutions that represent an important contribution to achieving the EU's climate goals."
Alessandro Fontana, Vice-President of the Special Project, concludes: "Eurovent Recommendation 9/13 is a basis for all those working with evaporative cooling equipment. It eliminates all the false myths of a wrong calculation of water consumption."
The recommendation (REC 9/13), the industry monograph (MON 9/1), as well as the related brochure 'Think Today, Save Tomorrow' can now be downloaded by clicking here.
