Overview:

All evaporative methods use water evaporation, as a natural process, for cooling. When the water is at the stage of changing its phase (evaporation), it attracts heat from the surrounding environment.

In evaporative systems, the required water for cooling the air is exposed to the air through different methods and receives the needed energy for evaporation from turbine inlet air and hence cools it down. The media system is generally made of a set of fiberglass cells. Spraying water on these cells and keeping them moist leads to cooling the air with an evaporative method. The higher the contact between water and air, the more and faster surface evaporation will occur. The cells are arranged in spiral or honeycomb forms so as to increase the contact surface. The maximum saturation efficiency that this system can generate is 90%.

Sepahan MAPNA Engineering & Equipment Manufacturing Company is capable of manufacturing this air intake cooling system (media).