Splash type fills for effective water cooling. The forgiving nature of splash fills towards ‘dirty’ water and imperfect water distribution is offset by the need to have larger towers and thus higher capital costs as well as pumping heads.

Splash fills work on the principle of causing the flowing water to fall through a grid of “splash bars” causing the water droplets to break up and increasing the contact time between water and air.

SRS INDUSTRIES has a range of products in the Splash type fill environment, including V-Bars, Perforated Slats, and Triangular Bars & Rectangular Slats.

Perforated V-Bar is the most extensively used product in the industry. The standard sizes as wellas the standard diamond shape/ Round perforations in the `V' Bar ensure the cooling tower to perform as published in the CTI bulletins - particularly for the configurations - 8" x 8" perpendicular to airflow, 8"x 8" parallel to airflow and 16" x 8" parallel to airflow. This enables the Cooling Tower designer to have the complete information about calculating the thermal capabilities of the cooling tower along with its power requirements. These Splash Bars are supported on lightweight thin section grids. Ensuring a minimum thickness of 1.5 mm for the V-Bar and a maximum distance of 600mm between adjacent V-Bars will help reduce the possibilities of sagging. Compact locking of the V-Bar on the grid using a V-Bar clip (as shown in the picture) will also ensure a sturdy fill structure.

In addition, not only with V-Bars but also with all splash fills maintenance of a level configuration is essential. If not done, water will channel to the low area of the fill configuration leaving areas devoid of water where no heat transfer will occur. Given a choice of flow paths, air will travel the path of least resistance i.e. where there is a smaller water curtain.

The V-Bar system has proven to be a superior system to upgrade Cross Flow cooling towers that have wood splash fill and for new construction where dirty water would clog film fills. Existing Stainless steel or PVC coated wire mesh allows for a complete system utilizing the available splash bar technology.

SRS INDUSTRIES V-BAR clip design provides secure locking capabilities preventing wear on both the wire hanger and the fill. The raised center rib and the tab locks prevent the V-Bar from slipping once locked into place. Clips are made of P.P.C.P - a high impact resistance material able to remain flexible in a broad range of temperatures.