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Cooling tower for nuclear power plants
Cooling towers for nuclear power plants often have the shape of a hyperboloid. At first glance, I thought that an obvious reason for this would be the smaller sectional area, meaning the tower would ...
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How to design a house to be cooled passively? [duplicate]
I live in Louisiana these days, in an area that is known for its numerous antebellum plantation homes (circa early 1800s). While touring one of these homes it was clear that almost everything about ...
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How are passive houses made in very hot regions (like Saudi Arabia)?
I think, here is the main problem the difference between the internal and the external temperature.
For example, in Saudi Arabia, in 50 C, a passive house needed probably much sophisticated planning ...
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