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Cooling towers are active not passive cooling. They don’t work without pumps.
by Retric 1y ago
Cooling towers are active not passive cooling. They don’t work without pumps.
- rich_sasha 1y agoThey aren't passive but only dump heat into ambient temperature. Which I thought is the bit you objected to.
- Retric 1y agoActually they use evaporation not just ambient temperature. Explanation starts at ~minute 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbZVmXyOXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbZVmXyOXM