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 ...

Cooling water system optimisation is a critical area of research that integrates advanced engineering and environmental sustainability to enhance industrial cooling processes. By refining the design ...

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 ...

Electric power generation uses substantial amounts of fresh, brackish, or saline water, principally for cooling of thermal power plants. In freshwater withdrawals, electric utilities are second only ...

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 ...

Passive cooling refers to technologies or design features that lower the temperature in spaces without the need for power consumption. The strategy uses free, renewable sources of energy (wind and sun ...