In industrial manufacturing, heat will be generated in equipment operation and production process links, and cooling equipment is used for temperature transfer.

Is it better to use air-cooled chillers or water-cooled chillers for industrial cooling?

The following four points are used to analyze the differences between air cooling and water cooling equipment.

1.  Composition of Chiller system

Generally, we can see that the cooling tower on the roof of factories and buildings is used for heat dissipation, and the water-cooled chiller is matched with the cooling tower; The other is the air-cooled chiller, which does not need a cooling tower and uses air cooling directly.
One does not need a cooling tower, and the other has its own fan for cooling. This is the biggest difference between air cooling and water cooling appearance of industrial chillers.

2. Equipment volume

Because the water cooling equipment is equipped with fixed facilities such as water tower, the volume is much larger than the air-cooled unit. The larger the refrigeration capacity, the larger the volume will be.
Generally, there are many factories equipped with water-cooling equipment, while the scientific research laboratory equipped with air-cooling equipment has advantages, because one is a plant and the other is an office building. The land occupation of the equipment room determines the equipment investment cost.

3. Refrigerating capacity

The refrigerating capacity of air-cooled chiller is smaller than that of water-cooled chiller. Air-cooled chiller is more suitable for small systems and water-cooled chiller is more suitable for large systems.
In general, there are many small chillers in industry, such as laser chillers, small coating machine equipment, hot bending machine equipment, etc; The chemical reaction kettle, fermentation tank and other reaction vessels are equipped with many large refrigerating capacity units, and different equipment has different refrigerating capacity requirements.

4. Chiller price

The price of industrial water chiller is reflected in many aspects, such as enterprise strength, brand, configuration, after-sales service, whether to customize the unit and so on.
Generally, the cost of air-cooled unit includes water tank and water pump, which will be higher than that of water-cooled chiller. The small water-cooled chiller can be directly connected to the water tank, and the large one needs a cooling tower with appropriate volume.