Why Your Cooling Tower Is Underperforming: 7 Root Causes

In industrial refrigeration and HVAC systems, the cooling tower is often the most overlooked component (until the chiller trips on high-pressure alarms). The financial penalty of neglect is immediate and severe: a mere 1°C increase in cooling water temperature can spike a chiller’s energy consumption by 2–3%. To master cooling tower troubleshooting, one must look […]