Subj : Re: Forget a hosepipe ban
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Sat Aug 23 2025 08:44:15

RM>> Yes, I was going to mention the other day that a system creating so
  >> much heat it needs to be water cooled also likely makes so much heat
  >> that it couldn't be easily recycled unless there were vast reserves
  >> of it. Much simpler to just dump the hot water and bring in fresh
  >> cooler water.

MP>While they are not a closed system in that they need to account for
  >evaporation, don't many power plants (nuclear and some coal) have cooling
  >towers to cool the water and presumably reuse it?

Yes, much higher heat there of course. They use the heat created to
cconvert water into steam which drives the power turbines, cooling
things down somewhat at the same time. That steam is then channeled
away and allowed to cool and reconstitute as water to re-use, as
much as possible..

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