Jord was engaged to undertake performance assessment and benchmarking of existing air coolers installed in refinery.

This involved thermal simulation and determining the modifications necessary to increase capacity and reliability to attain optimum performance for the existing equipment and undertake modifications.

Jord designed upgrades to the fan drive to achieve increased airflow including drive modifications, tip seals, inlet bells, fan blade adjustments achieving a 12% increase in duty from the existing air cooler without the requirement for change to any major components of the existing air coolers.