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How much cheaper than using a closed loop system can it really be? We've run cars on closed loop liquid cooling for decades and it would seem outside of the sl
by tw04 3y ago
How much cheaper than using a closed loop system can it really be? We've run cars on closed loop liquid cooling for decades and it would seem outside of the slight additional cost of a heat exchanger, cost should be pretty even initially and lower in the long run.
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- jtriangle 3y agoIt is a closed loop, they run muni water through the towers in open loop to cool the closed loop. As far as how much cheaper? Well, heat pumps basically double your power costs, air handlers are highly contingent on reduced density and/or cool environmental air, so, alot cheaper to run the tap, no doubt. It's more an issue of waste. That water, at that scale, should be treated and fed back into the system, but it's just discharged instead.