Top 10 Reasons To Winterize Your System With Dow Branded Fluids

Midland, MI - November 05, 2008

The end of Daylight Saving Time, Christmas displays popping up in store windows, and weekends revolving around football games – fall is here and winter is just a step behind.

This fall, don’t wait until it’s too late to winterize. Buy and use inhibited glycol based fluids from Dow like DOWTHERM™ and DOWFROST™ Fluids for protection against freezing temperatures. Here are ten good reasons:

10. DOWTHERM™ and DOWFROST™ Inhibited Glycol-based Fluids are produced using only virgin glycol. Dow does not use recovered glycol from a process waste stream, which can contain impurities that can compromise performance, foul system components, and reduce fluid life.

9. DOWTHERM™ and DOWFROST™ Fluids are patented formulations that include special industrial inhibitor packages designed to provide years of reliable protection in properly maintained HVAC and food processing systems. Just knowing the degree of corrosion protection provides ease of mind!

8. DOWTHERM™ and DOWFROST™ Fluids formulations offer consistent, reliable, long-lasting protection and performance.

7. The ingredients in DOWFROST™ Propylene Glycol-based Fluid are recognized as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as food additives and are listed as chemically acceptable by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And while never intended for ingestion, DOWFROST™ Propylene Glycol-based Fluid is safe for incidental contact with people, pets or wildlife, which is important whenever there is a possibility of an accidental spill.

6. Solutions of DOWTHERM™ and DOWFROST™ Fluids from Dow are blended only with deionized water for effective, long-lasting performance of Dow’s additive against hard water ions.

5. Dow is a leading, global supplier of ethylene and propylene as well as well as ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, which are key building blocks for inhibited glycol-based heat transfer fluids. This maximizes our ability to maintain a sufficient internal supply of these raw materials to produce DOWTHERM™ and DOWFROST™ Heat Transfer Fluids even when global supplies for those raw materials are tight.

4. Dow has strategically located product terminals and over 300 distributor locations across North America to help assure access to Dow fluids.

3. Dow has compiled extensive, long-term performance data and case study information documenting the performance and protection provided by DOWTHERM™ and DOWFROST™ Fluids in thermal energy storage, ground source heat pump, hydronic heating, and other water-based heating and cooling applications, plus beverage processing, immersion freezing, and other food chilling and cooling applications.

2. With more than 50 years in the heat transfer fluids business, Dow’s commitment to customer support is unsurpassed. We offer complete technical support that helps ensure systems are fully protected and performing at maximum levels of efficiency.

1. The number one reason to choose DOWTHERM™ or DOWFROST™ as your heat transfer fluid is because it is a cost-effective, proven formula. The cost of inhibited glycol fluid is generally less than 5% of the total system cost, yet the cost of a system failure, equipment replacement, and lost productivity could cost much more!

Call today to order a DOWTHERM™ or DOWFROST™ test kit for annual analysis, which is free to Dow customers whose systems exceed 250 gallons of fluid. Let us monitor inhibitor potency and glycol content to ensure peak fluid performance this upcoming season!

To Learn More…

For additional information about DOWTHERM™ and DOWFROST™ Inhibited Glycol-based Heat Transfer Fluids, call us toll free, or visit us online, 1-800-447-4369, www.dowtherm.com

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For Editorial Information:

Harold Nicoll
The Dow Chemical Company
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