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What is a tube-within-a-tube?

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A coil used for heat transfer that has a pipe in a pipe and is fastened together so that the outer tube becomes one circuit and the inner tube another.

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water boxes

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A container or reservoir at the end of a chiller where water is introduced and contained.

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Wastewater systems

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A refrigeration system that uses water one time and then exhausts it to a waste system.

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cooling tower

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The final device in many water-cooled systems, which rejects heat from the system into the atmosphere by evaporation of water.

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Forced-draft

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A water cooling tower that has a fan on the side of the tower that pushes air through the tower, as opposed to an induced-draft tower, which has the fan on the side and draws air through the tower.

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natural-draft tower

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A water cooling tower that does not have a fan to force air over the water. It relies on the natural breeze or airflow.

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blowdown

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A system in a cooling tower whereby some of the circulating water is bled off and replaced with fresh water to dilute the sediment in the sump.

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evaporative condensers

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A combination water cooling tower and condenser. The refrigerant from the compressor is routed to the cooling tower where the tower evaporates water to cool the refrigerant. In the evaporative condenser the refrigerant is routed to the tower and the water circulates only in the tower. In a cooling tower, the water is routed to the condenser at the compressor location.

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latent heat

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Heat energy absorbed or rejected when a substance is changing state and there is no change in temperature.

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Air-cooled condensers

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One of the four main components of an air-cooled refrigeration system. It receives hot gas from the compressor and rejects heat to a place where it makes no difference.