Ensuring the availability of water for power plants is a matter of both water quantity and quality. As freshwater becomes less available for power plant use, new supplies from marginal or impaired ...

Evaporative cooling towers play an important role in green buildings by significantly reducing energy consumption when they supplement or replace traditional air conditioning systems, thereby reducing ...

Section 316(b) of the EPA Clean Water Act requires that the location, design, construction and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse ...

Offshore platform designs need to account properly for elevation changes in the cooling-water systems. The elevation changes directly affect the seawater supply pump’s ability to deliver cooling water ...

Waste reduction and process efficiencies are key for companies wanting smoother operations. As various industries, including power generation, seek ways to improve operational efficiency, cooling ...

When a fast-moving cold front passed through the Southeast in early spring 2008, it triggered tornadoes and severe thunderstorms throughout the region. One system north of Savannah, Ga., spawned a ...

Researchers in the Netherlands and Singapore have measured irradiance-weighted average temperatures of floating PV systems in both countries and have compared the results with reference rooftop and ...

As liquid cooling becomes the default for high-density facilities, incorporating a liquid cooling data center design is ...