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Water is great for cooling, but who the hell dumps it afterwards?! I don't think they quite understood what "water cooling" is..
Basically they pump in cold water and pump hot water back out.
Cooling the water is expensive and ineffective on large scales.
Beyond that you have evaporative cooling which is used for large scale HVAC systems in this case the water simply evaporates away into the atmosphere.
What utter nonsense. Someone in SC should file a FOIA request on principle.
Water is great for cooling, but who the hell dumps it afterwards?! I don't think they quite understood what "water cooling" is..
They dump it because it's not cool anymore and nobody is wanting to buy hot water from them at a cost that makes it worth their while. If they had the capability to cool the water fast enough then they'd use a closed loop cooling system and wouldn't need to pump fresh, cool groundwater.
But then I also have a conscience and realize what a gigantic waste that is, so I don't.
Are there any "municipal heating" systems in the U.S.? It's popular in NL, the idea is basically hot (~70 degrees celcius) water being pumped from industrial areas (where it was used for cooling), to residential areas for cheap heating.
Are there any "municipal heating" systems in the U.S.? It's popular in NL, the idea is basically hot (~70 degrees celcius) water being pumped from industrial areas (where it was used for cooling), to residential areas for cheap heating.
Are there any "municipal heating" systems in the U.S.? It's popular in NL, the idea is basically hot (~70 degrees celcius) water being pumped from industrial areas (where it was used for cooling), to residential areas for cheap heating.
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/09/17/amazo...
Are there any "municipal heating" systems in the U.S.? It's popular in NL, the idea is basically hot (~70 degrees celcius) water being pumped from industrial areas (where it was used for cooling), to residential areas for cheap heating.
Are there any "municipal heating" systems in the U.S.? It's popular in NL, the idea is basically hot (~70 degrees celcius) water being pumped from industrial areas (where it was used for cooling), to residential areas for cheap heating.
It's how amazon is heating their new buildings in Seattle: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/09/17/amazo...
That's exactly what I mean though you posted it with a click-baity lead-in.
Are there any "municipal heating" systems in the U.S.? It's popular in NL, the idea is basically hot (~70 degrees celcius) water being pumped from industrial areas (where it was used for cooling), to residential areas for cheap heating.
Yes, in New York City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_steam_system
Water has an exceptionally high heat capacity, I get it. But using drinking water to cool our servers (in the interest of seeing the very best ads) seems like an exceptionally short-sighted choice for us to make. If there is a less worthwhile thing for us to be doing with potable water, I can't think of it.