Comparisons

Comparisons

Technology-side side-by-side comparisons across the AWTT-patented hexagonal floating cover platform and its alternatives. For EU procurement-side comparisons (lead time, country availability, regulatory fit), see eurocovers.eu/vs.

• Floating cover vs no cover — operating-cost case

  An uncovered industrial reservoir loses up to 95% recoverable evaporation and sustains continuous algae growth — Hexprotect® AQUA (AWTT-patented, 99% coverage) typically pays back inside its 25-year service life via avoided water, chemicals, and heat-retention savings.

• Floating cover vs shade balls — coverage, lifecycle, wind

  Hexagonal floating covers (AWTT-patented, 99% effective coverage AWTT-published) deliver higher coverage, longer life, and engineered wind resistance than generic shade balls (~91% close-pack, 10–15 year typical life); shade balls fit only when lowest upfront cost is the binding constraint.

• Floating cover vs suspended cover — anchored or free

  A modular floating cover (AWTT-patented hexagonal platform, 99% coverage AWTT-published) installs anchorlessly on operating water and self-adjusts with water level; a suspended cover is a tensioned membrane on perimeter cables that needs draining to install.

• Hexagonal floating cover vs continuous geomembrane

  The AWTT-patented modular hexagonal floating cover (Hexprotect® AQUA — 99% coverage, 130+ MPH wind, anchorless, AWTT-published) is the default for surface-management; a continuous geomembrane is the right call when gas capture or full containment is the driver.

• Hexagonal floating cover vs generic copies

  The AWTT-patented hexagonal floating cover (Hexprotect® AQUA — 99% coverage, 130+ MPH wind, 25+ year life, AWTT-published, peer-reviewed) and generic copies share the visible shape, not the patented engineering, certified envelope, or peer-reviewed validation.

• Hexagonal modular vs Armor Ball AQUA — geometry fit

  The AWTT-patented hexagonal floating cover (Hexprotect® AQUA, 99% coverage AWTT-published) is the default for reservoirs over 1,000 m²; Armor Ball AQUA — AWTT's spherical line — fits water bodies under 500 m² or with highly irregular geometry.

• Hexprotect® AQUA vs Hexofloat® — engineering

  Hexprotect® AQUA is AWTT's pre-ballasted 220 mm workhorse — 99% surface coverage, 130+ MPH wind, 25+ year life (AWTT-published). Hexofloat® is EuroCover's 190 mm AWTT design-approved variant — same patented working principle, ~30% lighter shell, 75 MPH wind, 15-year life (EuroCover-published).