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seesaw242 t1_iyecs4q wrote

Reply to The robot HQ by yettie

If people are just going to leave robots laying about I'm going to have to start taking them apart to see how they work.

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braize6 t1_iyebax7 wrote

Reply to comment by iveseenthelight in Check out this steam cloud condensing 1500 feet above a plant in the middle of the desert by unclebird77

They are basically giant hot tubs. Cooling water can be pretty much anything. In most cases, it's river water. The water goes into the intake, where there are basically just screens to catch any debris and even fish. This water goes into the tubes of the condenser. The steam from the turbine, hits these cooling tubes, and condenses the steam back into boiler water. The boiler water then goes into the "hotwell," which is then returned right back into the boiler to make steam. Rinse and repeat.

The cooling water though, is now super hot. This water is sent out to the cooling towers. At a nuclear plant, those are those big ass signature towers. At a coal plant, they are typically rows of fans. Depending on the power plant, the water is then returned to the river, or rerouted back into the power plant as cooled water for re-use

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