VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agoData center "mistakenly" used 30 million gallons of waterdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square150linkfedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down113
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minus-squareGrail@multiverse.soulism.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIf you put a turbine in the cooling tower, it’ll take energy from the water by slowing it down. This will increase the humidity at the bottom of the tower, which impedes the liquid water from evaporating. This makes the tower cool slower.
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt absolutely could be done efficiently, even if that method wouldn’t work well.
If you put a turbine in the cooling tower, it’ll take energy from the water by slowing it down. This will increase the humidity at the bottom of the tower, which impedes the liquid water from evaporating. This makes the tower cool slower.
It absolutely could be done efficiently, even if that method wouldn’t work well.