VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 day agoData center "mistakenly" used 30 million gallons of waterimagemessage-square135linkfedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1imageData center "mistakenly" used 30 million gallons of waterVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square135linkfedilink
minus-squareGrail@multiverse.soulism.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 hours 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-up1·12 hours 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.