Evaporative Cooling Towers

An evaporative cooling tower rejects heat by evaporating a small part of the water it circulates, which makes it one of the most efficient ways to cool an industrial process. We design and build evaporative cooling towers in the UK, sized and specified to match your duty. If you need dependable heat rejection with low running costs, this is where to start. 

How Evaporative Cooling Towers Work 

An evaporative cooling tower passes warm water over a heat transfer pack while air moves through it. A small volume of water evaporates, drawing heat out of the rest and returning cooled water to your process. The result is effective cooling using far less energy than a purely mechanical system. If you want the mechanics in more detail, we explain how cooling towers work in full, but the short version is that evaporation does the heavy lifting. 

The Evaporative Cooling Tower Range We Manufacture 

Our evaporative range covers three counterflow designs to suit different sites. The BAL series uses low-level centrifugal fans, the BUC series uses top-mounted axial fans, and the SAN series uses side-mounted axial fans, all handling 6 to 600 cubic metres of water per hour in single or multi-cell layouts. Every tower is built in 304 or 316L stainless steel for a long service life. As UK evaporative cooling tower manufacturers, we build each Carter Environmental cooling tower to your duty rather than a fixed catalogue. 

Where Evaporative Cooling Towers Are Used 

Evaporative cooling towers suit any site with a steady heat load to reject. They are widely used in HVAC and building services, data centres, power generation, and process cooling across manufacturing. For building services in particular, our cooling towers for HVAC systems keep chiller plants and comfort cooling running efficiently. The right configuration depends on your load, your water quality, and the space you have. 

Efficiency and Water Hygiene by Design 

Every evaporative tower we build shares features aimed at clean, efficient operation. A non-aerosol forming trough and weir distribution system spreads water evenly and drains fully, while ultra-high efficiency interlocking drift eliminators cut water loss and limit drift. High-efficiency heat transfer packing and low-noise fans keep performance high and running costs down. These details also support safer water hygiene management over the life of the tower. 

Choosing an Evaporative Cooling Tower for Your Site 

The best tower depends on your heat load, your flow rate, and how much space and noise headroom you have. We help you weigh fan type, cell count, and materials so the tower matches your duty from day one. Planning ahead for cooling tower spare parts and servicing also keeps it running efficiently for years rather than months.

Talk to Franklin Hodge About Evaporative Cooling Towers 

For more than 50 years we have engineered water and cooling solutions for industrial sites across the UK and internationally. Tell us your heat load, your flow rate, and your site, and we will design an evaporative cooling tower to match. Contact us and a member of our team will come back to you.