Das Dada Tarot <Zwei Kühltürme>
alternativ <Zwei Bhuddastatuen>
The Dada Tarot <Two Cooling Towers>

Idea Writing Command AI Realisation

Meister Jeder, Dadaist, Realistiker 10/25
#dada #Tarot #AIart #Karten #Kühltürme #CoolingTowers #Bhudda

Eight #CoolingTowers #Demolished Simultaneously

https://www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/post/eight-cooling-towers-demolished-simultaneously
https://youtu.be/QFQKlVCGYCU

What to know about #Legionnaires' disease, which has sickened dozens in #NYC

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in NYC has killed 2 people & sickened 58 since late July.

City #health officials link the Central #Harlem outbreak to #CoolingTowers, structures containing water & a fan that are used to cool buildings. They said 11 of these towers initially tested positive for a type of #bacteria that causes Legionnaires’, but the problem has been remedied.

#PublicHealth
https://apnews.com/article/legionnaires-disease-water-harlem-321a278807329f3843c8d37d40e09e51

File under history repeating itself. Increasing case counts in #Harlem #NYC #Legionella outbreak. #CoolingTowers potentially once again may be a cause. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/well/legionnaires-disease-new-york-city-cases.html

Ancient Egyptian ‘Air Conditioning’ Could Help Cool Modern Buildings

One research team hopes to harness 5,000-year-old ideas to battle rising temperatures.

By Andrew Paul, August 22, 2023

"While the planet continues to endure scorching, unprecedented temperatures, a 60-square-foot shipping container is serving as a testing ground for passive, sustainable cooling solutions. As detailed in a 2023 study published in the research journal Energies, an engineering team at Washington State University utilized the space to find and improve upon ancient cooling methods that don’t generate any forms of greenhouse gas—including water evaporation atop repurposed wind towers.

"Buildings require roughly 60 percent of the entire world’s electricity, almost 20 percent of which is annually earmarked to keep those structures cool and comfortable. As society contends with climate change’s most ravaging effects, air conditioning systems’ requirements are only expected to rise in the coming years—potentially generating a feedback loop that could exacerbate carbon emission levels. Finding green ways to lower businesses’ and homes’ internal temperatures will therefore need solutions other than simply boosting wasteful AC units.

"This is especially vital as rising global populations require new construction, particularly within the developing world. According to Omar Al-Hassawi, lead author and assistant professor in WSU’s School of Design and Construction, this push will be a major issue if designers continue to rely on mechanical systems—such as traditional, electric AC units. 'There’s going to be a lot more air conditioning that’s needed, especially with the population rise in the hotter regions of the world,' Al-Hassawi said in a statement.

" 'There might be [some] inclusion of mechanical systems, but how can we cool buildings to begin with—before relying on the mechanical systems?' he adds.

"By retrofitting their shipping container test chamber with off-the-grid, #solar powered battery storage, AL-Hassawi’s team can heat their chamber to upwards of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to test out their solutions while measuring factors such as air velocity, temperature, and humidity. The team is particularly focused on optimizing a passive cooling method involving large towers and evaporative cooling that dates as far back as 2,500 BCE in ancient Egypt. In these designs, moisture evaporates at the tower’s top, which turns into cool, heavier air that then sinks down to the habitable space below. In the team’s version, moisture could be generated via misting nozzles, shower heads, or simply water-soaked pads.

" 'It’s an older technology, but there’s been an attempt to innovate and use a mix of new and existing technologies to improve performance and the cooling capacity of these systems,' explained Al-Hassawi, who also envisions retrofitting smokestacks in older buildings to work as new #CoolingTowers.

" 'That’s why research like this would really help,' he adds. 'How can we address building design, revive some of these more ancient strategies, and include them in contemporary building construction? The test chamber becomes a platform to do this.' "

Source:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/ancient-egyptian-air-conditioning-could-help-cool-modern-buildings?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#AncientTechnologies #SolarPunkSunday #CoolingSolutions
#ExtremeHeat #AncientTechnology #ClimateChange

Demolition of Agecroft Power Station from Rainsough Cemetery, Bury - 1994
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#agecroft #powerstation #demolition #salford #filmphotography #35mmfilm #agecroftpowerstation #coolingtowers #concrete #chimney #demolish #blowup #nikonphotography #nikonowners #nikon

Exploring The #Physics Behind #CoolingTowers

https://hackaday.com/2024/11/09/exploring-the-physics-behind-cooling-towers/

I find it funny that most people don't know that #CoolingTowers ain't #Chimneys...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbZVmXyOXM

Everything you wanted to know about cooling towers and more.

https://youtu.be/tmbZVmXyOXM?si=sDZUJyL6W7B-0L96

#coolingtowers #powerstation #engineering

Large outbreak of #Legionella underway in #Melbourne , Being attributed to #coolingtowers. Seems a bit unusual to me happening in #Australia winter season. https://www.msn.com/en-au/health/other/legionnaires-disease-outbreak-in-melbourne-continues-to-grow/ar-BB1r3kTZ

#LegionnairesDisease

@Snowshadow

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I am not sure about the technological issues, but this user thinks that #CoolingTowers without a river are supposedly sufficient***.

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https://archive.is/cfFfV/again?url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-03/edf-to-curb-nuclear-output-as-french-energy-crisis-worsens

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https://fediscience.org/@dgfeist/110944148846574340

Being from #Sheffield, where the (now demolished) #CoolingTowers that stood over 🌉 Tinsley Viaduct would often mark the start or end of a journey, I really liked this #Poem from Patrick McGuinness in the @lrb ⤵️

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n09/patrick-mcguinness/the-cooling-towers-of-didcot