The proper management of cooling tasks is a delicate and very important operation in the production of expanded polystyrene. In fact, this kind of application in the past used to be achieved employing cooling towers, but nowadays the evolution of technologies allows to accept cooling temperatures at higher levels.

This development therefore allows the use of air-cooled condensers, the classic dry-coolers, adopting a solution that also offers the advantage of eliminating the water consumption involved with evaporative towers and ensuring a much simpler overall maintenance of the plant. In fact, there is no longer the risk of legionella implications due a poor water management or scaling due to the presence of carbonates.

The cooling solutions for the production of expanded polystyrene developed by Tempco therefore use special heat exchangers equipped with stainless steel tubes, a material chosen with the aim of increasing their durability and reliability over time.

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