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Mr. Wonderful

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on: Jul 28, 2018
Wet cooling towers are the most efficient way to eliminate waste heat.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

All thermal power plants run basically the same way.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The wet cooling towers are thermally more efficient than dry cooling towers
because of the energy used in running the fans in dry cooling towers

Answer to Question 2

This statement is correct. There are high and low temperature reservoirs. There is
a way to transfer energy (as heat) between them.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Wow, this really help

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Excellent

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