Years of experience. Our evaporative condensers and closed cooling towers? They are actively functioning all over the world. One of our big markets is Malaysia. It’s a palm oil country, isn’t it? Sweaty and hot, rife with refineries. We got a project there that’s worth talking about. A palm oil processing plant in Johor. Massive operation. Their oil refining process needed cooling. Our evaporative condensers provided that. For them, everything changed.
Crude palm oil comes in, and out goes cooking oil, margarine and all. Palm oil is a messy business. And the refining process? It’s scorching. Serious heat is generated by Bleaching, Deodorizing, and Fractionation. Without cooling, equipment, overheating. Drop in Product quality, Energy bills? Serious. This Johor plant was struggling. Old cooling system. Heavily leaking, inefficient, always breaking down. Not to mention Malaysia’s weather, 30 Degrees Celsius a day, humidity over the roof. Tough. Reliable. They needed it.
Introducing our Evaporative Condensers. Sent a team to Johor. Collaborated with the engineers from the plant. Understood what their pain points were. They sorely suffered economically due to downtime. The costs for water treatment were exorbitant. And the quality of palm oil? It was far from stable. There was a lot of customer discontent. We suggested our EC-600 model. Massive capacity, 600 kW each unit. Stainless steel will endure the humid conditions.
Energy savings smart controls optimized the entire system to maximize profits. Pitches were accepted and contracts were signed.
Here’s the Setup.
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Automated monitoring is tied into their control room.
In a maintenance shutdown, work was streamlined to cut off overhead during the entire two week schedule. During that time, we trained the rest of their staff on system basics: operating, cleaning the coils, and routine maintenance of everything. Malaysia’s water quality requires multiple V1 filtration units due to extraordinarily high quantities of minerals. Adding these drastically reduced scale buildup on the filters and ensured smooth operation of the evaporative condensers.
Possible Challenges? Only A Few
The air heat was insane and the humidity accompanied by strenuous activities was even worse. As a result of the tremendous strain, we boosted the fan supply voltage, which intensified the pilot controlled unlock. Automated airflow arrangements had to be customized to ensure there’s no block of hot air from the condensers. Johor’s grid isn’t always stable, so additional controls had to be integrated to maintain voltage dips in the backup supply stream for the power supply unit. The plumbing infrastructure of the plant was also sub par, and public-wrote caused rerouting some hard pipes in less than ideal portions of the filter staff encasement box. In the supporting P&ID the change ‘-component above- ‘ was added so more fine structure could be aligned, but in the end we managed to fix everything. There was no duct work in the primary plant return air opening. Standardy’s upper yaw ge boundaries gradual tip to upper relative regions too make span and minus So totiple span units displace rather than control during revolution from branches decided, being out of the navy said fifties without any exception. Compliancy instead did, along implying encourage inorder Mr. Lim said too proudly: “This is going to be done somehow.”
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Mr. Lim Things
For the past ten years, we have been operating the Johor plant. He is an expert in palm oil. We spoke to him half a year after the installation. Here’s what he had to say:
“Maintaining our old cooling system was an absolute nightmare; fixing leaks was always a chore. We were spending a fortune on water. However, with your evaporative condensers, it’s a whole different story. We’re saving 25% on energy. The fans are power-efficient because they self-adjust. The palm oil is also better. Deodorizing runs at 240°C, requires active standing cooling. Your units keep it locked at 35°C output. The quality complaints are gone. We used to lose 2% of our batch due to overheating. Now? It’s almost zero. Maintenance has become simpler. No corrosive wear, no scaling. That’s it, my team checks the system once a week. Now we’re meeting our export targets. Your tech is solid, worth every ringgit. Europe and India love our oil.”
The Impact
Mr. Lim’s claims are indeed backed by the numbers. Spending on energy has dropped drastically. The VFD fans alone slashed power draw by a quarter. Water treatment costs? 30% down. Closed condensing evaporative coolers use less water than open systems. No contamination, either. Palm oil is sensitive; dirty water can’t mess with it. Our closed-loop design keeps everything clean. It’s now 12% up for production. There are no bottlenecks; the plant is hitting EU standards now. That’s a big deal for exports. Malaysia’s palm oil industry is competitive. Every edge counts. They’re now processing more crude oil daily.”
The stainless steel build’s holding up. Johor’s air is salty, humid. Rust is a killer. Our condensers? No issues. The smart controls help too. Real-time data on temperature, pressure, flow. If something’s off, the system flags it. Cuts downtime. Mr. Lim’s team loves that. They’re not engineers, but they can handle the basics. We left them manuals in Malay and English. Even did a follow-up visit. Made sure everything was running right.
Why It Works for Malaysia
Palm oil’s king in Malaysia. Half the world’s supply comes from here. Refineries like Johor’s are everywhere. They need cooling that can handle the heat, the humidity, the non-stop production. Our evaporative condensers fit the bill. They’re built for tough environments. Save energy, save water, keep the oil quality high. Malaysia’s pushing sustainability too. Less water waste, lower emissions—that’s what buyers want. Our tech helps plants like Mr. Lim’s stay ahead.
This project’s a win. Mr. Lim’s happy. His bosses are happy. We’re happy. Shows what our gear can do. Palm oil’s just one piece of the puzzle. We’re eyeing other industries in Malaysia. Rubber, electronics, you name it. If they need cooling, we’ve got the answer.