"It's really sort of magical, almost a spiritual feel in there. It's a cylindrical space and there's sort of a catwalk that you walk across but then the sky is open." Elizabeth Kelly, professor of ...

A characteristic of any thermal power plant — whether using coal, gas or spicy nuclear rocks — is that they have a closed steam loop with a condenser section in which the post-turbine steam is ...

MONDAY. HEALTH OFFICIALS TESTED COOLING TOWERS, SAYING THEY BELIEVE THAT’S THE LIKELY SOURCE. LEGIONELLA IS A BACTERIA THAT IS FOUND IN NATURE. IT CAN GROW IN WATER SYSTEMS AND SPREAD THROUGH WATER ...

Marshall County has been managing an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that has killed one person since it was first identified in August. The state of Iowa announced on Sept. 4 that it is ...

Electrostatic droplet capture system installed on an HVAC condenser. (Credit: Infinite Cooling) As a common feature with thermal power plants, cooling towers enable major water savings compared to ...

Rainwater left untreated in cooling towers atop city-owned Harlem Hospital fueled the Big Apple’s deadliest Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in a decade, the Rev. Al Sharpton charged Tuesday. Sharpton, ...

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 ...

Healthcare facilities require a substantial amount of energy to operate. In fact, the average hospital consumes approximately 250% more energy than a comparably sized commercial building, according to ...

8 News at Nine starts right now"> Right now... the Legionella outbreak in Marshall County is growing. According to áIowa Health and Human Servicesá... there are now 54 confirmed cases. That's up 14 ...

The main structure of the world's first nuclear power ultra-large high-level seawater cooling tower has been completed at unit 1 of the Lianjiang plant in China's Guangdong province, State Power ...