Encon is the go-to brand when it comes to energy efficient, sturdy Cooling Towers with low operating cost, across clients of all scale & size and across various industries.
We believe that a quality product can only be called so once it has undergone the strictest tests of quality methodologies and standards.
Over time, we developed our own research lab & facilities dedicated to giving you only the very best of all possibilities.
Cooling towers can be made from a large variety of materials of construction. A small comparison between Concrete, FRP and Timber highlights the difference between them and their relative advantages and disadvantages.
# | Criteria | Timber | FRP | RCC |
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1 | Quality | Available Timber of low grade. | Consistent and High quality. | Depends on specifications. |
2 | Installation & Operating Cost . | Low installation cost & high operation cost. | Slightly high installation cost but low operation cost. | High cost for small tower |
3 | Operation & Maintenance. | High . | Low. | High for corrosive environment. |
4 | Length of Members | Small | Tailor make (as per requirement). | As per design. |
5 | Bio Decay | Decays due to Fungus, Algae & Bacteria. | No such decay . | Algae formation. |
6 | Repair & Replacement | Very frequent. | Very less. | Very less. |
7 | Life | 5 Years | 15-20 Years | 20 Years |
8 | Environmental Impact | Wood logging & treatment of wood plays havoc with environment. | No such direct impact. | No such direct impact. |