Cooling Tower (Noun)
Meaning
A cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The industrial facility was equipped with a large cooling tower to efficiently cool the hot water used in its manufacturing processes.
- A hyperboloid cooling tower is often used in power plants to cool the water that has been heated by the plant's operations.
- The new cooling tower design used a unique wet-dry hybrid system to minimize water usage while maintaining efficient cooling performance.
- As part of its efforts to reduce environmental impact, the company installed a more efficient cooling tower system that used significantly less water than its predecessor.
- During the summer months, the cooling tower at the factory operated continuously to cool the water used in the plant's cooling system.