In the Food & Beverage industry, the cooling tower is not a peripheral utility but a critical piece of process infrastructure. Its roles are:
- Primary: To enable key manufacturing processes like pasteurization and fermentation.
- Supporting: To ensure the efficiency and operation of the plant’s refrigeration and cold chain.
- Economic & Environmental: To significantly reduce water and energy consumption.
Safety-Critical: To be managed as a potential source of microbiological hazard, requiring strict water treatment and control.