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You still need water when cooling with towers. Instead of heating the river you consume some of its water and release it into the atmosphere.
by slow_typist 2mo ago
You still need water when cooling with towers. Instead of heating the river you consume some of its water and release it into the atmosphere.
- bequanna 2mo agoNot TOO much loss tho, right? I thought the cooling tower design helped maximize cooling and minimize loss as steam.
- leonidasrup 2mo agoYou try to maximalize evaporation. Evaporating water removes heat very efficiently with relatively small amount of water loss. Short introduction into cooling towers: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbZVmXyOXM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbZVmXyOXM