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According to the article this is a closed loop cooling system, once it’s up and running it doesn’t use any water. They run water through it during installation
by jcheng 3mo ago
According to the article this is a closed loop cooling system, once it’s up and running it doesn’t use any water. They run water through it during installation and that’s the discharge that they found bacteria in.
- jazzyjackson 3mo agoYou can have a “closed loop system” but you need to shed heat somewhere and that is either by air cooling drawing tons of electricity, or evaporation that draws tons of water.
- techbro92 3mo agoI’m pretty sure that “closed loop” in this context would mean that the water is recirculated and not evaporated.
- wiml 3mo agoFrom the links in the article, it looks like this DC runs giant heat exchangers to dump the heat to air.
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- nomel 3mo ago> air cooling drawing tons of electricity Reference? What's the efficiency of the systems like used here?
- quickthrowman 3mo agoAir cooled chillers are generally used in a closed loop system. A coefficient of performance (COP) of 4 is reasonable to expect, which means 1 watt of electricity to remove 4 watts of heat.
- jatora 3mo agoI could vibe code 1:6