What stops Legionnaires Disease? Water treatment chemicals or drift eliminators? The answer is both. Did you know that a drift eliminator test certificate will not stop drift or Legionnaires Disease? The actual drift eliminators do! Have you had your cooling tower drift eliminators physically inspected by a cooling tower expert to ensure that they are working correctly?    Is your water distribution system delivering the water and chemicals correctly? Did you know that water treatment chemicals will not stop Legionnaires Disease if the water distribution system is faulty?   ..read more

Cooling towers play a crucial role in various industrial processes, spanning power generation, manufacturing, and HVAC systems. The efficiency of these towers depends on the performance of their mechanical drive systems, which are responsible for circulating essential airflow for heat exchange.   When it comes to maintaining, repairing, or replacing cooling tower mechanical drives, Flowmatrix emerges as a trusted Australian-owned and operated company, serving Melbourne, Victoria, Geelong, Ballarat, Wodonga, Albury, Sydney, Canberra, Wollongong, Newcastle, Orange, and Tamworth, among meny ..read more

Are you looking to replace your air intake louvres? Not sure what you’re looking for or just looking for alternative supplier options? We sat with one of the owners of FlowMatrix, and a cooling tower specialist Jason Christensen, who has industry experience of 20 years and now with FlowMatrix as a General Manager and Director. Jason has extensive knowledge of all things air intake louvres.  Air intake louvres might seem like small components within the vast landscape of cooling tower infrastructure, but their impact on cooling towers’ efficiency and performance is undeniable. These unassu ..read more

Physical maintenance and repairs of cooling towers is being overlooked   Inspection, repairs, of the cooling tower structure and components, is critical as part of the overall maintenance. Its high time we consider and mandate at least six-monthly maintenance for all cooling towers in Australia. We need to avoid such devastating incidents that took place on 28th of Feb 2023 at a chemical plant at Sydney’s East and at the Callide Power Station’s C3 Unit, Queensland only late last year, 2022.  Why are cooling towers collapsing, catching on fire, fan drives failing at high speed ..read more

When it comes to keeping commercial buildings comfortable, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems play a crucial role.    In this article, we are diving deeper into the role of commercial cooling towers in HVAC systems. To do so, we sat down with “THE” commercial cooling tower expert and one of FlowMatrix’s owners, Darren Driscoll who has more than 33 years of experience in the cooling tower industry.   ​​Darren also has extensive knowledge of all things cooling towers; indeed Darren comes from a background of designing and manufacturing all types of Cooling T ..read more

If you have a steel HVAC cooling tower with corrosion issues, don’t scrap it and replace it without considering a full professional coating system both inside or and, outside. There is a great chance of you saving a small fortune by the application of the RepelCoat coating system.    Want to know more?   We sat with one of FlowMatrix’s owners Darren Driscoll who has more than 33 years of experience in the cooling tower industry and got the opportunity to ask some questions to get an insight into how cooling tower coating systems will save your steel cooling tower and keep your m ..read more

Breaking news came out over two weeks ago, about part of a major central Queensland power station being offline after the structural failure of two cooling tower cells for their cooling plant. The incident occurred at the cooling plant of the Callide Power Station’s C3 Unit on Monday, 1st November, the operator CS Energy confirmed. Luckily nobody was injured when the incident occurred. Unit C3 has been taken offline as a precaution, with restricted access to the area. Mining and Energy Union Queensland vice president Shane Brunker said, it appeared “too much water” was being pumped, which caus ..read more

Did you know that anybody working on Cooling Towers must have a range of skillsets, experience, qualifications, be compliant with various state and regulatory authorities around Legionaries disease, and be trained and compliant with industry safety standards and procedures? Yes, that’s a lot to take in right there, but this is exactly what is needed before any work on a cooling tower can take place. A lot of cooling towers can be an extremely unsafe environment for anyone who needs to work on them. Cooling Towers have critical parts that need a routine inspection, cleaning, and repair, so main ..read more

It is now Spring, and we are quickly approaching the heat of summer. Spring brings us increased detections of the Legionella bacteria as the cooling towers start to cycle in and out. The same occurs in Autumn for the same reason. Summer, as the heat intensifies, there is an inordinate demand on the cooling tower and the associated cooling systems. So, if your cooling tower and associated equipment are not in good physical condition you may face bigger problems leading to major downtime waiting for parts and labour to rectify unforeseen faults. Therefore, ensuring that the cooling tower mechani ..read more

There are so many different kinds of industrial cooling towers out there so how could you ever know which one is best for your industry? We wanted to better understand the incredible range and variety of industrial cooling towers by discussing this with Flowmatrix and how they are leading the space with their incredible knowledge. We sat down with the owners of Flowmatrix, a 100% Australian-owned and operated company specialising in the inspection, repair, maintenance, and installation of cooling towers for commercial and industrial premises throughout Australia. Darren Driscoll, Jason Christe ..read more