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~Opal~

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Opal, got a quick question for you. Why are nuclear cooling towers hyperboloids?
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  • opalsky007opalsky007 member
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    edited November 2010
    That shape is the most efficient at rejecting heat to the atmosphere, while still being easy to construct. It has a lot of surface area per unit volume.

    Random fact: most of the hyperbolic cooling towers you see actually don't belong to nuclear plants. Coal, oil, and gas plants all need to cool down their water too!
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  • sarabellamsarabellam member
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    That makes sense. Thanks! We are working on conic sections, and the inevitable question of "where is this used?" came up. I didn't know why they are normally that shape, so I learned something today.  Awesome!
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  • opalsky007opalsky007 member
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    Glad I could help!
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  • squirrlysquirrly member
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    Look at you, bein' all smarty pants.  :D 
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  • opalsky007opalsky007 member
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    Why yes, my pants are quite smart today.
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  • sarabellamsarabellam member
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    Hey, I know who the geniuses are around here. I go straight to the top with my questions.
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  • squirrlysquirrly member
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    I'd just take pants that fit, regardless of how smart they are. 
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  • MattsPenguinMattsPenguin member
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    My project for the next few days involves calculating the capacity of radial sections in a cooling tower for a nuclear plant in Arizona.

    YAY FOR NERDS!!
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  • opalsky007opalsky007 member
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    Oh, that must be Palo Verde. Neat.
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  • sarabellamsarabellam member
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    Ooh, integral calculus, right Matt's?
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  • MattsPenguinMattsPenguin member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opal-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:ca47317f-c835-4a4a-a256-29f68bfaf984Post:5d5c9dc5-da13-4616-9761-5a6d372decfb">Re: ~Opal~</a>:
    [QUOTE]Oh, that must be Palo Verde. Neat.
    Posted by opalsky007[/QUOTE]

    Yup, that's what it says at the bottom of my drawings.  Did I ever tell you I spent three months working at INL (Idaho) a few years ago?  We do a lot of nuclear work in my office.

    Sara - no calculus, just the concrete manual.
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  • sarabellamsarabellam member
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    Oops, I'm showing my dumb.
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  • MattsPenguinMattsPenguin member
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    edited November 2010
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_opal-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:ca47317f-c835-4a4a-a256-29f68bfaf984Post:df483e05-6bc8-421a-8f0f-f68ed417ade0">Re: ~Opal~</a>:
    [QUOTE]Oops, I'm showing my dumb.
    Posted by sarabellam[/QUOTE]

    Nah - I love calculus.  I haven't done it in a while though.  <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-cry.gif" border="0" alt="Cry" title="Cry" />

    ETA:  If it makes you feel better, I had to google hyperboloids to see what you were talking about.  My cooling tower today is just a cylinder.
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  • sarabellamsarabellam member
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    Okay, how lame am I that it does make me feel better?Embarassed
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