Open recirculating cooling systems incorporate a pond or cooling tower for heat removal. Warm water picked up from the process via heat exchangers is returned to the pond or tower and heat is removed through evaporation of a portion of the cooling water.
An open cooling tower is a heat exchanger that in order to cool down water makes use of the direct contact with the air. The heat transfer occurs partially thanks to a heat exchange between air and water, but mainly thanks to the evaporation of a small quantity of the water that needs to be cooled.
Open recirculating cooling systems incorporate a pond or cooling tower for heat removal. Warm water picked up from the process via heat exchangers is returned to the pond or tower and heat is removed through evaporation of a portion of the cooling water.
