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Single-Pass Cooling

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025647

During this process, water is circulated once through a piece of equipment and then disposed down the drain. To remove the same heat load, single-pass systems use 40 times more water than a cooling tower operated at 5 cycles of concentration.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025647
FieldEnvironment
SubjectPolicy and guidance
ReferencesGreening EPA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025647",
  "term": "Single-Pass Cooling",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "During this process, water is circulated once through a piece of equipment and then disposed down the drain. To remove the same heat load, single-pass systems use 40 times more water than a cooling tower operated at 5 cycles of concentration.",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Greening EPA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/single-pass-cooling/"
}

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