Once-through cooling was a common design feature for large power plants in the last century, as the process could effectively supply the high volumes of water needed for turbine exhaust steam ...

Dublin, July 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Cooling Tower Market by Type (Evaporative, Dry, Hybrid), Design (Natural, Mechanical), Construction Material ...

Cooling towers serve the vital role of cooling water for power plant heat exchange equipment. Sustaining excellent system performance is important because a one-degree increase in water temperature ...

Cooling towers are a relatively inexpensive and reliable way of expelling heat from a number of industrial and commercial processes, including nuclear & thermal power plants, petroleum refineries, ...

The electromotor, which is sometimes called motor or dynamo, is responsible for creating the mechanical force necessary to rotate the fan in the cooling tower. In other words, the fan or impeller of ...

Heat transfer depends on the efficiency of contact between air and water flowing through a tower, which means that cooling tower fill design is critical to air-water mixing. Part 1 of this series ...

Worldwide awareness of the need to minimize freshwater use for power generation—while minimizing energy penalties—is growing. The Electric Power Research Institute is involved in several programs that ...

JOHANNESBURG, DECEMBER 2014: An industrial cooling tower’s life expectancy is between 15 and 25 years, yet it is not always necessary to install a completely new system; old cooling towers can be ...

JOHANNESBURG, NOVEMBER 2014: The implementation of strict environmental regulations worldwide calls for mine operators and managers to take immediate action to reduce the environmental effects of ...