Working of Cooling Tower - Nuclear Power Plant

For any efficient power plant to function at its optimum level, cooling towers form an essential unit. They are used to transfer heat and cool the water. These towers are huge and can be up to 200 meters.
We will learn about the working of cooling towers in a nuclear power plant. We will also learn about the two types of cooling towers i.e. Cross-flow Tower and Counter-flow Tower.

[@GrahamTruman]

This is great! Now I can build my own power station.

[@bouteilledeau1463]

Virgin crossflow tower: - Looks generic; - Requires a fan because it has zero knowledge on physics; - Takes a lot more effective horizontal space; - Needs to split the water in half because it's a bad parent; - Is afraid of wasting water during operation so it is mostly enclosed; - Knows it's a failure as the water has the risk of freezing; - Needs to sniff over sand and consume mud to keep the mood and get attention. Chad counterflow tower: - Despite its size, takes less horizontal space; - Very high amount of self-esteem make it want to stand out, as it's the most prominent structure of a nuclear plant; - Very knowledgeable as it doesn't need to waste electricity just to evacuate the vapor, the power of physics is enough; - Genius design prevents water from freezing; - Can be a hot shower to be used by the mortals; - Open base means it isn't obsessed with keeping privacy; - Can be paint to be even sexier.

[@daddy-w6o5]

And yeah the chad counterflow one is the most iconic element of any NPP( featured even in games and movies and Chernobyl NPP itself!)

[@marconoboa1154]

Never heard of the cross flow tower this video is amazing

[@rave_0499]

The map reminded me of mylta power in pubg 😂

[@jamiemusclip1606]

Wot

[@IdtSo2]

Same

[@cha0s-l6h]

Came here to teach my teammates😂

[@muhammadalauddinbagaskara8037]

Yup

[@ksgaming4114]

Bimasakti strip in FF (Bermuda remastered )

[@recreationalstudios]

I’d never thought I would learn about Power plant cooling towers. Thank you for the lesson!

[@badcompany-w6s]

Great video! I always wondered how these cooling towers worked.

[@The_DuMont_Network]

These hyperboloid towers are used for more than just nuclear power plants. Any place where a lot of heat needs to be removed efficiently.

[@hawking_the_tuah]

Nice, before I thought these big cooling towers was useless, thanks for the info.

[@natjam0205]

Why would they build them if they're useless..??

[@gagi6294]

Best explanation so far. Good job, thanks!

[@bhanusingh9495]

Awsm animation.. thanks❤

[@black21angel]

Tank you for explanation. It was really helpful

[@bharat6881]

First time watching about cooling tower, alright I understood Sir. Thankyou 🙏

[@peterslegers6121]

Frederik van Iterson designed and patented the first counter flow type cooling tower. The first one was build 100 years before you posted this video, in 1918, at the Dutch State's Mine (DSM) Emma in the south of the Netherlands.

[@Pazaluz]

I'm going on a major nuclear power plant binge because I watched Chernobyl. Even though I'll never have use for this information, it's still very interesting to see how it all works!

[@khaledkareem]

From where the hot water comes from .. ant whats the type of it .. is it an antifreeze ? Thanks a lot ❤️

[@Greenicegod]

The reactor heats up water into high pressure steam, which goes to the steam turbines to produce electricity. Once the steam condenses, it goes to the cooling tower as hot water. It needs to be cooled so that it can be safely dumped back in environment, or reused in the reactor again.

[@sylviaisgod6947]

@@Greenicegod That's completely false, that's not how it works.

[@Greenicegod]

@@sylviaisgod6947 wow, you're right! I simplified it for general audiences. Thanks for making the effort to clearify my explanation, though. I really like how you pointed out that all reactors have a closed loop of coolant that leads from the core to a heat exchanger that heats the water, and that the coolant in the reactor is not necissarily water, but could be NaK, NaCl, or something else entirely.

[@sylviaisgod6947]

@@Greenicegod You simplified it too much, people who know nothing about nuclear power will read that and think radioactive water & steam go straight into the atmosphere....Don't believe me? Read some of the comments.

[@siddhu5472]

Short and simple 🤝

[@manjeeeeet]

Nice explanation

[@m.ghiffari2787]

I'm curious, with a construction like that isn't it very possible for a dirt to fall in to the cooling tower and contaminate the water in the basin?

[@lukesclusive]

the water goes back in the river so it doesn't matter. it's not a closed system since it doesnt get into contact with radiation.

[@ajdajddl2237]

Thank u . really helpful video

[@tankwanyan412]

Does all cooling towers connect to the condenser? or the steam directly flows into the cooling tower for cooling? because I read from resources around they never state it very clearly. So i am not sure if the cooling tower is for cooling the low pressure steam after coming out of the turbine, or to cool down the water from the condenser.

[@sylviaisgod6947]

Cooling towers cool the water flowing on the inside of the condenser tubes; the steam from the turbines condenses on the outside of the tubes and is fed back to the reactor/boiler or whatever the heat source, it's 2 separate loops.

[@unfortunateness]

Cool! Can you do Pochinki or military base next?

[@ilearneducation3992]

:-)

[@apopope72]

Thank you.

[@jaybro3713]

So where does the hot water come from?

[@sylviaisgod6947]

It comes from the output of the tube side of the condenser.

[@Abbas_hasan_]

Thanks

[@prasenjeetmohanty]

Mylta nuclear power plant 🤩

[@omkarpatil7022]

Thank u so much sir

[@tushardhamne1200]

Nice explanation...👍but what if the ambient temperature is more than working temperature then how it transfers heat??

[@Mariano.Bernacki]

If the ambient temperature is more than working temperature then everyone in that area is dead, as water comes in near boiling.

[@lajoswinkler]

This has nothing to do with specifically nuclear power plants. All thermal power plants require cooling and they all use either cooling by sea, rivers, lakes or cooling towers. Good diagrams and explanations, though.

[@bouteilledeau1463]

If we're being honest, nuclear power plants have many similarities with conventional thermal power plants. The cooling methods are pretty much the same too. Else, what would be specifically related to nuclear cooling systems that's not in other thermal plants?

[@peterslegers6121]

Indeed. The first tower was build in 1918 at a coal mine in the Netherlands. The Dutch State's Mine Emma. It was a design by Frederik van Iterson.

[@PK-lc4fx]

Nicely presented....

[@ilearneducation3992]

Thanks a lot

[@bharatg.4110]

Good explanation 🤣

[@Jones_Media]

Im here because the ECHO video.

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Holy sssssst...same

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MYLTA POWER 🔥

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This mylta power man..

[@animeexists]

Can someone say me why will they heart first off all

[@nafisathallah8840]

From where is hot water came?

[@sylviaisgod6947]

Condenser.

[@RazaulMansuri]

From turbine

[@sylviaisgod6947]

​@@RazaulMansuriWrong.

[@MichaelDespairs]

I've never seen bad english and grammar showcased so professionally.

[@aayushanand8894]

IKR lol

[@MichaelDespairs]

@@aayushanand8894 and now comes an illiterate kid with an acronym. Shouldn't you be doing stupid challenges on TikTok or something?

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[@handspeed8161]

thnx

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[@SSshorts1530]

Yes

[@7504254990]

Remind me like Mylta power plant

[@Nottruesigma]

But the sounds loud in cooling towet

[@beauhatman4395]

Disappointed that the "presenter" failed to mention the reason why the "nuclear power plant" cooling tower has it's unique shape. This shape is very important to the proper functioning of the cooling tower and it would not work effectively without it.

[@sagarmotiwale.6158]

Me who watching before going to thermal power plant😂

[@SSshorts1530]

In free fire game his name is bimasakti tower😎😎

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Imagine if we had this all wrong😂💀💀

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The map was from bermuda free fire

[@ilearneducation3992]

No.. its created texture. Glad to see your comment.

[@Aurora_Borealis_UK]

What you talking about they are man made volcanoes

[@josephpaul4156]

So! What happens to the radiation in the water?

[@Deenadhayalan_181]

The map remember bimashakthi in free fire

[@danielbohorquezalvarado5841]

Why can't this be used to cool down the water at Fukushima?

[@sylviaisgod6947]

Because they have an ocean.

[@REDALERT2809]

Greattttt.....❤️

[@ilearneducation3992]

Thanks 😊

[@weisswurster]

Seems like a waste of energy. Can you not just cycle hot water back into the reactor to lower the amount of energy needed to convert it to steam?

[@andreisurgov4059]

Part of the reason is cause that water is also used to cool the reactor so if you keep inputting heat in you are looking at a melt down

[@amoeba5547]

thats where waste heat recovery comes into picture,using a shell and tube boiler to use this water to heat in another process maybe,this is not like a coal operated plant using exhaust heat to increase efficiency of the process. The objective is to draw energy away from the core,keeping it cool and preventing a meltdown

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I always think of Lisa Simpson hashtag 90skid

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Bimaskti tower

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Racist

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Me when Minecraft shaders

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[@SSshorts1530]

In free fire his name is bimasakti strip tower

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Mylta power

[@commando1912]

Hippity Hoppitus

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*any other video with less curyy in audio??*

[@gamingstar8786]

bhimasakti strip

[@zde1532]

De_Nuke LOL

[@Noth_ing_much]

It's military in freefire

[@abdullahffgamer7819]

In FREE FIRE bimasakti tower 🤣🤣🤣

[@rulliruvindra6707]

india translate..😅😅

[@rezikane8799]

The map free fire

[@bbt305]

Its NOT new! Bull!

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[@ShimpiGaurav-cn6yu]

Nice explanation