What is the average life cycle of cooling towers?
There is no set answer since it varies tremendously with the water quality, water treatment and air quality around the cooling tower. In general, however, the normal range is between 15 and 25 years. There are many cooling towers in industrial plants that are older than 25 years but have good water treatment plans and periodic inspections of the cooling tower. Click here to enlarge image Cooling FAQs are provided by the Houston-based Cooling Technology Institute (CTI), a non-profit dedicated to improvement in technology, design, performance and maintenance of cooling towers and evaporative heat transfer systems (EHTS).