REVERSE OSMOSIS CONCENTRATORS
REDUCE
FRESHWATER USE
COOLING TOWER
BLOWDOWN TREATMENT
CUSTOMIZED
SOLUTIONS
Data centers require reliable cooling systems to ensure consistent operation and maintain critical uptime. As data centers become larger with increased computing power density, their thermal management needs are also increasing.
Data centers have already made great strides toward sustainability by reducing energy consumption. Their cooling systems also use large amounts of water, so water sustainability is increasingly important, especially in areas facing water shortages. By implementing smart energy- and water-efficient cooling systems, operators can increase their Power and Water Usage Effectiveness (PUE & WUE) to achieve best practice standards.
Data centers commonly use cooling towers to reject heat. As coolant water evaporates, total dissolved solids (TDS) and scaling ions accumulate in the cooling system, resulting in the need to ‘blow down’ the remaining water and replace it with freshwater.
Saltworks’ innovations for improving cooling tower performance and reliability include:
Saltworks is ready to deliver solutions for today’s sophisticated data center water needs. We provide comprehensive pilot testing options and full-scale system delivery. As a manufacturer of membrane, thermal, and chilled concentrators, as well as robotized chemical treatment systems, we are uniquely positioned to provide innovative, robust, and low footprint data center cooling solutions with optimized economics.
Learn how we can help your data center meet energy and water efficiency targets. Send us your project details for an assessment.
Reverse osmosis-based brine concentrators are reaching new performance levels not seen before. Saltworks is pleased to report that a substantial pilot plant is currently demonstrating 99% freshwater recovery on cooling tower blowdown (CTB).
Heavy industry, manufacturing, and natural resource-based industries often use large volumes of water and generate wastewaters requiring treatment. Saltworks designs, builds, and operates industrial wastewater treatment plants with modern membrane, chemical, and thermal technologies that economically and reliably treat tough industrial wastewaters.
Cooling towers are used by industrial plants to reject waste heat to atmosphere. A portion of the cooling water is blown down after a number of cycles of concentration, before the ions and metals reach their scaling limits. This blowdown requires management.
Saltworks can solve your cooling tower blowdown challenges. We can add novel sensors and controls to your cooling tower to minimize water consumption and blowdown production. We can treat blowdown for re-use at your cost-optimized freshwater recovery or achieve zero liquid discharge.