cooling tower
noun
: a structure over which circulated water is trickled to reduce its temperature by partial evaporation
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The heavy metal is also an industrial pollutant and has been discharged from chemical plants, cooling towers and gas compressor stations.
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
However, according to the city of Miami’s Building Department, the tower has an active permit for a cooling tower, a $1.5 million project.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
On a foggy January morning, the plant’s most imposing feature is its bank of cooling towers, conventional fare for an industrial plant.
—David Wagman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
Just as in other industrial settings, cooling towers are an inherent part of the power plant’s steam cycle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 June 2018
Some in town believe that the plant will employ cheap Chinese labor, instead of local workers, and erect cooling towers to conceal ballistic missiles.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
To keep it cool on hot days, data centers need to pump in water — often to a cooling tower outside its warehouse-sized buildings.
—Matt O’Brien and Hannah Fingerhut, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
Depending on the type of cooling technology, a large water vapor plume may be produced from cooling towers, or heat may be released as warm water discharged to a nearby source.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2020
Water in showers, hot tubs and cooling towers that are part of big air conditioning systems are all common sources of infection.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
However, according to the city of Miami’s Building Department, the tower has an active permit for a cooling tower, a $1.5 million project.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
On a foggy January morning, the plant’s most imposing feature is its bank of cooling towers, conventional fare for an industrial plant.
—David Wagman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
Just as in other industrial settings, cooling towers are an inherent part of the power plant’s steam cycle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 June 2018
Some in town believe that the plant will employ cheap Chinese labor, instead of local workers, and erect cooling towers to conceal ballistic missiles.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
To keep it cool on hot days, data centers need to pump in water — often to a cooling tower outside its warehouse-sized buildings.
—Matt O’Brien and Hannah Fingerhut, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
Depending on the type of cooling technology, a large water vapor plume may be produced from cooling towers, or heat may be released as warm water discharged to a nearby source.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2020
Water in showers, hot tubs and cooling towers that are part of big air conditioning systems are all common sources of infection.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
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