cooling tower
noun
: a structure over which circulated water is trickled to reduce its temperature by partial evaporation
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In this dense, sparkling web of pipes, tanks, and cooling towers spread over 500 acres, natural gas drawn from around the US is chilled to roughly the surface temperature of the dark side of the moon, liquefied, and pumped into tankers that carry it to the global market.
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Large cooling tower fans, rooftop air-handling units and dry coolers generate continuous low-frequency noise.
—Wangda Zuo, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
This increase is partially offset by a dramatic reduction in water use at the industrial facility, as waste heat is diverted into the thermal batteries instead of being released through traditional cooling towers.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Previously, this heat was dispensed into the atmosphere through evaporation cooling towers, but CERN's new plan is to put this waste heat to some use while improving the facilities environmental signature by way of what's called the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment.
—New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2026
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Large cooling tower fans, rooftop air-handling units and dry coolers generate continuous low-frequency noise.
—Wangda Zuo, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
This increase is partially offset by a dramatic reduction in water use at the industrial facility, as waste heat is diverted into the thermal batteries instead of being released through traditional cooling towers.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Previously, this heat was dispensed into the atmosphere through evaporation cooling towers, but CERN's new plan is to put this waste heat to some use while improving the facilities environmental signature by way of what's called the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment.
—New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Cooling tower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooling%20tower. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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