From upstream production in oil and gas to refineries, petro-chemical plans, gas treating plants, power plants, and compressor stations, air-cooled heat exchangers (or ACHE’s) are used to cool or condense process heat. In most instances, ACHE’s are critical to plant operation – they’re the lungs of the plant. Your ACHE takes hot process fluid and uses air to cool it, transferring the heat to the air and then discharging it. But when they fail, the entire plant shuts down or operates at a reduced capacity, severely impacting operations and profits. But even when they don’t fail, if they’re not regularly maintained, they’re not doing the job well – they’re not as efficient – and without realizing it, they’re impacting your bottom line.