a structure in which heat is removed from hot condensate through heat exchange with air. direct use: use of geothermal heat without first converting it to electricity, such as for space heating and cooling, food preparation, industrial processes, or bathing.

Coriolis force Corrosive water

A structure that dissipates heat from water-cooled systems by spraying the water through streams of rapidly moving air.

a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant

a device to conserve water

a device which evaporates circulating water to remove heat from a process, a building, or a refrigerator, and puts the heat into the ambient air

a heat rejection device, which extracts waste heat to the atmosphere though the cooling of a water stream to a lower temperature

a heat rejection device, which extracts waste heat to the many small droplets that have a large combined surface area (splash fill)

an alternative to consider in cases where an artificial pond cannot be built for supplemental heat rejection

an installation that retreats heat from water by evaporation or conduction

a specialized heat exchanger in which two fluids (air and water) are brought into direct contact with each other to affect the transfer of heat

a structure which cools heated refining process water by circulating the water through a series of louvers and baffles through which cool air is forced by large fans.

A large device mounted on roofs, consisting of many baffles over which water is pumped in order to reduce its temperature.

A device which cools water by evaporating a portion of it in the air. Water is cooled to the wet bulb temperature of the air.

A water tower designed to cool water by evaporation.

a device, commonly used in larger buildings to reject heat from a chiller to the atmosphere via water and forced air. They have to be regularly cleaned and maintained, particularly to prevent legionella bacteria forming within the water. It is probably preferable to use air cooled condensers now.

a heat exchanger designed to aid in the cooling of water that was used to cool exhaust steam exiting the turbines of a power plant. Cooling towers transfer exhaust heat into the air instead of into a body of water.[] [ Click "BackButton" for previous location

Large tower used to transfer the heat in cooling water from a power or industrial plant to the atmosphere either by direct evaporation or by convection and conduction.

A device for evaporatively cooling water by contact with air.

A structure in a nuclear power plant used to remove heat from cooling water from the condenser. The cooling tower prevents thermal pollution of lakes and rivers. See; Light-Water Reactor, Pressurized-Water Reactor, Reactor.

a large, tapered, hollow structure over a football field in height, open at each end. Water pumped midway up the tower falls through the open air to cool for reuse. A natural or mechanical draft moves extracted heat from the water upwards and pulls cooler air into the tower at its base.

Device, which cools water by water evaporation in air. Water is cooled to wet bulb temperature of air.

A structure that helps remove heat from water used as a coolant; e.g., in electric power generating plants.

Cooling towers are evaporative coolers used for cooling water or other working medium to near the ambient wet-bulb air temperature. Cooling towers use evaporation of water to reject heat from processes such as cooling the circulating water used in oil refineries, chemical plants, power plants and building cooling, for example. The towers vary in size from small roof-top units to very large hyperboloid structures (as in Image 1) that can be over 120 metres tall and 100 metres in length, or rectangular structures (as in Image 2) that can be over 40 metres tall and 80 metres long.