Cooling towers serve the vital role of cooling water for power plant heat exchange equipment. Sustaining excellent system performance is important because a one-degree increase in water temperature ...

The continued planning, construction, and operation of combined cycle power plants (and other energy and industrial facilities) is introducing many new personnel to numerous water-related issues, ...

Factory-assembled cooling towers formed of engineered molded plastics continue to gain favor over galvanized sheet metal models that once dominated the industry. Just as plastics have overtaken metal ...

Modern water cooling towers were invented during the industrial age to dissipate waste heat from industrial processes when natural cooling water sources were unavailable. By the early 20th century, ...

As Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and Global Sustainability at Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) and the incoming President-Elect of ASHRAE for 2024-25, Bill McQuade brings unique insights into ...

JOHANNESBURG, NOVEMBER 2014: The implementation of strict environmental regulations worldwide calls for mine operators and managers to take immediate action to reduce the environmental effects of ...

On the roof of the 1950s office building on Wilshire Boulevard, a large fiberglass capsule sits silhouetted against the sky, looking more like an abandoned lunar landing module than what it really is ...