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When a cooling tower is undersized, aging, poorly maintained, or incorrectly applied, the symptoms usually show up across the rest of the system:
Marley cooling towers are available in multiple configurations so the equipment can be matched to the application instead of forcing one tower style into every job.
Common Marley solutions include:
Factory-Assembled Cooling Towers
For commercial HVAC, institutional, light industrial, and replacement applications where installation speed, reduced field labor, and predictable factory construction are important.
Field-Erected Cooling Towers
For large industrial, process cooling, utility, refinery, chemical, manufacturing, and central plant applications requiring custom capacity, layout, material, and site-specific construction.
Crossflow Cooling Towers
Crossflow towers allow water to flow vertically through the fill while air moves horizontally across the falling water. This design commonly supports maintenance access, variable flow operation, and cold-weather performance.
Counterflow Cooling Towers
Counterflow towers move air upward against the downward flow of water. This arrangement can reduce footprint and offer site placement flexibility in certain HVAC and light industrial applications. SPX describes the Marley MD as a factory-assembled counterflow tower that can require less plan area than a comparable crossflow tower.
Large-Capacity Modular Towers
Marley’s Everest tower families are designed for higher-capacity applications. The NC Everest is a factory-assembled crossflow tower, while the MD Everest is a factory-assembled counterflow tower for demanding HVAC and process cooling applications.
Cooling Tower Replacement and Retrofit Support
For aging towers where repair spending is increasing, Midwest Machinery can help evaluate replacement options, capacity needs, site constraints, crane access, basin condition, materials, piping, controls, and installation phasing.
Parts, Inspection, and Service Support
Cooling tower performance depends on more than the original equipment. Midwest Machinery can support Marley tower inspections, replacement parts, fill, drift eliminators, nozzles, fans, gearboxes, motors, drives, basin components, and maintenance planning.
Properly selected Marley cooling towers help maintain condenser water or process water temperatures under the required design conditions.
Lower and more stable condenser water temperatures can help chillers operate more efficiently during cooling season.
Midwest Machinery can help determine when an aging tower should be repaired, rebuilt, or replaced.
Tower layout, access doors, platforms, basins, drive components, and service clearances all affect long-term maintainability.
Fan selection, controls, VFDs, tower sizing, and efficient heat transfer surfaces can reduce operating cost.
Tower design, drift control, basin configuration, filtration, water treatment coordination, and maintenance all affect water usage and reliability.
Proper tower selection and controls help reduce freeze risk and improve winter operation.
For process cooling and heavy-duty applications, tower materials, structure, fill selection, drive components, and access design become critical.
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Marley cooling towers are used wherever heat needs to be rejected from a building, plant, process, or mechanical system.
In commercial HVAC systems, cooling towers work with water-cooled chillers to reject heat from the condenser water loop. Tower performance directly affects chiller efficiency, peak cooling capacity, and occupant comfort.
In industrial and process applications, cooling towers may support production equipment, chemical processes, manufacturing loads, data center cooling, utility water systems, and continuous-duty operations where downtime can be expensive.
Midwest Machinery helps evaluate Marley cooling tower applications based on:
Cooling towers live in difficult conditions. They sit outside in heat, cold, wind, rain, sun, chemical exposure, airborne debris, and heavy operating schedules. That is why tower selection should account for more than first cost.
The right Marley cooling tower should be selected around performance, site layout, access, service life, water quality, materials, sound, energy use, maintenance requirements, and future repair needs.
Midwest Machinery works with engineers, contractors, facility managers, plant teams, and owners to support tower selection from early planning through installation, startup, replacement, and ongoing service.
Marley is part of SPX Cooling Technologies, a global manufacturer of cooling towers, evaporative fluid coolers, evaporative condensers, air-cooled heat exchangers, and related heat rejection equipment.
For more than a century, Marley has served HVAC, process cooling, industrial, and refrigeration markets with tower designs ranging from factory-assembled commercial units to large field-erected industrial cooling towers.
The Marley product line includes crossflow and counterflow cooling towers, large-capacity modular towers, field-erected towers, parts, reconstruction support, inspection resources, thermal performance testing, water management tools, and cooling tower service support.
Seamless Installation for Optimal Performance
Marley Cooling Towers are engineered for a seamless installation process that ensures minimal disruption and rapid commissioning. With a comprehensive installation guide and support from Marley’s experienced technical team, clients are guided through each step, from site preparation to final setup. This meticulous approach guarantees that each cooling tower is installed correctly, optimizing its performance and efficiency from the outset. Marley’s focus on streamlined installation not only shortens project timelines but also enables a smooth integration into existing cooling systems, ensuring that operational needs are met without delay.
Effortless Operation and Maintenance for Lasting Efficiency
Once installed, Marley Cooling Towers offer straightforward operation and maintenance, designed to sustain peak efficiency with minimal effort. User-friendly interfaces provide intuitive control over the cooling process, allowing for easy adjustments and monitoring. Regular maintenance is simplified, thanks to accessible design features that facilitate quick inspections and cleaning, ensuring the system remains at optimal performance. Marley provides detailed maintenance schedules and operational guidelines, empowering facility managers to maintain their cooling towers effectively, prolonging their lifespan and ensuring continuous, efficient operation.
Toronto, Ontario
The Challenge
A large power plant faced noise complaints due to high sound levels from two outdoor genset packages. The noise, especially in low frequencies, exceeded ambient levels significantly, with dBC levels over 10 dB higher than dBA. The aim was to reduce noise by 10 to 15 dB without increasing static pressure, considering the limited air ventilation and outdated duct fittings.
The Solution
VAW Systems conducted a comprehensive noise study, including sound pressure level and intensity measurements, following ANSI and ISO standards. Their analysis led to a compact, energy-efficient solution using their Comsil© software. This included wall-mounted elbow silencers, rectangular silencers on a radiator opening, and a Telbow intake silencer system, all designed to fit the existing infrastructure without major retrofitting.
The Outcome
The implemented solution successfully met the noise reduction targets at nearby receptors, achieving the required reduction with minimal static pressure impact. The silencers were efficiently integrated into the existing setup, minimizing installation time and costs.
Key Takeaways
Download the Marley Aftermarket Upgrade Options PDF to review common upgrade paths for existing cooling towers, including components that affect airflow, water distribution, drift control, mechanical reliability, access, safety, and long-term serviceability.
Marley manufactures cooling towers, evaporative cooling equipment, cooling tower parts, and related heat rejection solutions for HVAC, industrial, process cooling, and refrigeration applications.
A factory-assembled cooling tower is built in sections or as a complete unit before arriving at the jobsite, which can reduce field labor and installation time. A field-erected tower is constructed on site and is typically used for larger, more customized industrial or process applications.
In a crossflow cooling tower, water flows downward through the fill while air moves horizontally across the water flow. Crossflow towers are often selected for maintenance access, variable flow operation, and certain cold-weather applications.
In a counterflow cooling tower, water flows downward while air moves upward against the water flow. Counterflow towers can be useful where footprint, airflow arrangement, or site placement is a major factor.
Replacement should be considered when the tower has major structural deterioration, repeated mechanical failures, fouled or damaged fill, poor thermal performance, corrosion, unsafe access, basin issues, or when repair costs no longer make financial sense.
Yes. Midwest Machinery can help coordinate cooling tower inspections, identify performance or maintenance concerns, and support recommendations for repair, parts, retrofit, rebuild, or replacement.
Yes. Marley cooling towers are commonly applied in commercial HVAC, industrial process cooling, manufacturing, data centers, central plants, and other heat rejection applications.
Typical selection information includes flow rate, entering water temperature, leaving water temperature, design wet-bulb temperature, application type, site layout, sound requirements, water quality, materials, electrical requirements, and service access needs.
Yes. Midwest Machinery can help with Marley cooling tower parts, including fill, drift eliminators, nozzles, fans, motors, drives, gearboxes, basin components, and other replacement items.
Cooling tower performance affects condenser water temperature, chiller efficiency, process reliability, water usage, fan energy, and overall system operating cost.
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