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Drumphelstiltsken t1_j0ihnqk wrote

Reply to comment by Here_is_to_beer in Oregon city drops fight to keep Google water use private by ChocolateTsar

Do they vent that, though?

No idea, I just always assumed it was condensed again and reused. Like a “closed cycle” I guess?

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BoomZhakaLaka t1_j0k821v wrote

Some evaporative cooling systems re-condense their own steam but even these ones lose water over time. A percentage of the steam escapes.

Older systems vent the steam straight out because that used to be the cheap way to do things.

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rainniier2 t1_j0ini3h wrote

It would take energy to turn the steam back into water and energy is $$$.

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bobjoylove t1_j0jkjmu wrote

Cooling tower. They are unpopular with residents because they look like chimneys.

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Aggravating-Pear4222 t1_j0ixype wrote

Well, an increased rate of energy transfer either through active pumping of a coolant some other way which would lead to a need for more energy since passive cooling/condensation isn’t efficient in that scale (I assume so don’t listen to me but I get what you were originally saying)

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