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Cooling towers on power stations - why?

Stephen Biddle
Hi All


I was working on a power station in Oman last month and it was gas fired with condensing steam turbines - no evaporation.  This week I'm working on a coal fired one in Poland, which has cooling towers and evaporation.  Is it something to do with the gas or just that they have no water in Oman?


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Stephen
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    That is all fascinating.  It all makes sense now.  It's just whichever of the three cooling methods makes the most pragmatic choice.  That point about the absence of steam is interesting.  It's always the one Greenpeace use to symbolise pollution.  It's a shame their good intentions get undermined by misguided publicity, which is easily exploited by climate change deniers.


    Stephen
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    That is all fascinating.  It all makes sense now.  It's just whichever of the three cooling methods makes the most pragmatic choice.  That point about the absence of steam is interesting.  It's always the one Greenpeace use to symbolise pollution.  It's a shame their good intentions get undermined by misguided publicity, which is easily exploited by climate change deniers.


    Stephen
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