Cooling towers are a relatively inexpensive and reliable way of expelling heat from a number of industrial and commercial processes, including nuclear & thermal power plants, petroleum refineries, ...

In recent months the price of sulfuric acid has skyrocketed due to a variety of domestic and global factors. This commodity chemical has been a staple for the treatment of recirculating cooling water, ...

While once-through cooling was a common feature at many power plants in the last century, environmental regulations regarding intake and discharge issues have basically forced a transition to cooling ...

Two hyperbolic cooling towers rise 495 feet over Exelon Corp.’s Byron Generating Station about 110 miles west of Chicago, Ill. The towers help cool the two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors that ...

NEW TECHNOLOGY: A new generation of pre-assembled cooling towers, such as the Marley NC Everest, delivers 60 percent faster than field-erected towers and installs in about 20 percent of the time.

Worldwide awareness of the need to minimize freshwater use for power generation—while minimizing energy penalties—is growing. The Electric Power Research Institute is involved in several programs that ...

Learn how Tower Tech turned the cooling tower industry literally upside-down, designing a solution for better maintenance and worker safety. Harold Curtis's practical experience identified key ...