Thermal Power - Cooling Towers

Turów Power Plant, Poland

In 1988, one of the 9 large cooling towers in this power plant has collapsed.
Refurbishment & Durability Assessment (PDF, 383 KB)

LogoTurów Power Plant, Poland

In 1988, one of the 9 large cooling towers in this power plant has collapsed due to serious deterioration of the reinforced concrete structure. This catastrophy has triggered a full survey of all such structures in Poland. It was found that several other cooling towers were also in a seriously deteriorated condition and therefore in need of immediate repair.


EKO Steel Works, Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

In what is probably Germany's newest town stands the first cooling tower to be reinforced using the latest carbon fibre (CFRP).
Strengthening Cooling Tower with SikaWrap (PDF, 423 KB)

LogoEKO Steel Works, Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany

In what is probably Germany's newest town stands the first cooling tower to be reinforced using the latest carbon fibre (CFRP) strengthening technology. The steel works near Fürstenberg (Oder) was founded in 1950 and the EKO new town (30 km south of Frankfurt/Oder) was christened "Stalinstadt". It was given its present name of "Eisenhüttenstadt" in 1961. The EKO steel works belongs to the largest steel group in the world, ARCELOR (a merger of ARBED (Luxembourg), ACERALIA (Spain) and USINOR (France).