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Counterflow ShockWave
How Brentwood’s ShockWave Fill Provides a Better Balance of Efficiency & Fouling Resistance
The new ShockWave™ 25 fill’s enhanced vertical-flute design helps to narrow the typical compromise that choice of fill typically entails: ...
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petrochemical application
ShockWave Fill Designed For Use In Petrochem Applications
The petroleum refinery process is both interesting and complex, combining numerous chemical processes to produce an array of products. Cooling ...
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Not All Sprockets Are the Same
In rectangular clarifiers, straight-line sludge collector mechanisms have in-tank sprocket gears that are mounted on shafting to transmit torque ...
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trickling filter technology
Trickling Filter Technology Is Still Relevant
Trickling filters have been the workhorse of the biological wastewater treatment industry for over 100 years. Trickling filters have proven to ...
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Spray Foam Attic Installation
When & How To Use Spray Foam Insulation
One of the most effective and efficient ways to insulate a home or building is to use spray foam insulation. It is often used by homeowners and ...
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Understanding Cooling Tower Drift Rate
How Surfactants Affect Drift Rate
Drift is composed of entrained particles of water in the exit air stream of the cooling tower. Unlike the evaporated water that is pure, the drift ...
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Specific Surface Area’s Impact on Cooling
In the past when people would try to evaluate and compare different fills to each other, one of the pieces of data they would want to know is the ...
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Plastic components
Evaluating Polychem Fiberglass Flight Scraper Profiles
With six different Polychem fiberglass flight scraper profiles to choose from, Brentwood offers more flight options than any other chain and flight ...
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