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Hybrid-Fluted Fills

Hybrid-fluted fills are a thermally engineered advancement to standard vertical-fluted products with the performance of high-efficiency fills. Their design features promote mixing of the air as it moves through the pack, maximizing evaporative heat transfer and exceeding the performance of cross-fluted fills, while incorporating the fouling resistance of vertical-fluted products.

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Benefits

Available in material meeting Cooling Technology Institute (CTI) Standard 136

Available with Mechanical Assembly technology

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Features

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Fouling Resistant

Brentwood’s low-fouling fills have been designed to provide a solution for applications with poor water quality, preventing the media from plugging and improving overall tower efficiency.

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Highly Efficient

ShockWave balances high efficiency with fouling resistance to improve heat transfer and maximize tower performance.

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Mechanical Assembly

Brentwood’s Mechanical Assembly technology has been improved for the production of ShockWave, yielding connections that are 50% stronger than glued.

Hybrid-Fluted Film Fill Specifications

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Products	Surface Area ft2/ft3	Sheet Spacing inches	Flute Angle Degrees (°)	Sheets Per Foot	Media Min. Size D/W/L inches	Media Max. Size D/W/L inches	Media Standard Size D/W/L inches	Nominal Gauge mils	Dry Weight lbs/ft3
ShockWave	42	1.0	0	12	D: 11.8 W: 5.9 L: 12	D: 23.625 W: 11.8 L: 144	D: 23.625 W: 11.8 L: 72	8 10 15 20	1.2 1.5 2.3 3.1

Products	Surface Area m2/m3	Sheet Spacing mm	Flute Angle Degrees (°)	Media Min. Size D/W/L mm	Media Max. Size D/W/L mm	Media Standard Size D/W/L mm	Nominal Gauge mm	Dry Weight kg/m3
ShockWave	138	25.4	0	D: 300 W: 150 L: 305	D: 600 W: 300 L: 3658	D: 600 W: 300 L: 1829	0.20 0.25 0.38 0.51	19.2 24.0 36.8 49.7

Articles & Literature

Choosing the Right Fill for Your Tower & Application

A question we often receive is, “How can you be certain that a particular fill will work in my tower?” Well, first, we take a stack of cards and […]

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Literature

ShockWave Cut Sheet Cooling Tower Brochure

Fill Fouling Fundamentals The Importance of Material Property Standards for Cooling Tower Fill Thermoforming Process: Before- vs. After-Forming Thickness of PVC Cooling Tower Counterflow Fill Media Review

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