A cooling tower is a specialized heat exchanger designed to release waste heat from a process or building into the atmosphere, primarily by evaporating a small amount of water. This evaporative process removes heat from the water, which is then circulated back to the system to absorb more heat. Cooling towers are used in large commercial and industrial applications, such as air conditioning systems for buildings, power plants, and refineries, where significant amounts of heat need to be dissipated efficiently.
Cooling towers use evaporative cooling by spraying hot water over a fill material, where it is exposed to moving air. As a small portion of this water evaporates, it absorbs heat from the remaining water. This heat removal cools the water, which is then reused in HVAC systems or industrial processes.
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