The towers provide cooling for the instrument systems associated with Target Station 2. Before the project, there were five closed circuit cooling towers, providing a total cooling capacity in the region of 3.2 MW.
They have been replaced with eight modern, energy efficient, adiabatic coolers, which will maintain the operational requirements whilst significantly reducing the water consumed and the electricity required.
The project had to take place in two stages, so that there were always coolers operating, and took pace in the winter so that the demand for cooling would be lower while the work was taking place.
The new cooling system will reduce ISIS’ water consumption by up to 80,000 bathtubs every year!
