There are many ways to cool a power station. The three main approaches are:
- Direct - where water is pumped through the station and discharged back to the environment.
- Evaporative - where large parabolic cooling towers are used and the water recirculated. Some make-up water must be added to allow for evaporative losses and limit concentrations of salts.
- Dry - where water is recirculated with negligible loss, rather like a car radiator.
Pisces can advise on the environmental and operational merits of these different solutions - please contact us.