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I.M. Cooling Tower (Charleroi)

Belgium / Hennegau / Montigny-le-Tilleul / Charleroi
 abandoned / shut down, cooling tower
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The I.M. Cooling Tower is part of an abandoned power plant located in Monceau, Belgium. While in use, the tower cooled incoming hot water by using wind. The wind would enter the opening at the bottom of the tower and rise up, cooling the hot water. The air would then become warm and leave the tower. During its prime, the I.M. Cooling Tower could cool up to 480,000 gallons of water per minute.

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Coordinates:   50°23'40"N   4°22'52"E

Comments

  • Rob Duchesne
    why did they not use the hot water as a heating sorce for the near by homes and buisnesses and could have been a utility for the area and hot water for everyone in an 25 km area as 480 000 gallons a min would do for 300 000 people in peak morning and 750 000 people off peak times.I see sutch potencial where others see a problem of a closed loop system.
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