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evaporative

[i-vap-er-uh-tiv]

adjective

  1. causing, resulting from, or operating by evaporation, the change of a liquid or solid to a vapor.



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Related executives explained to residents that its planned data center would use a recycled liquid to cool the data center rather than evaporative cooling, which can strain the local water system.

Many centres use evaporative cooling systems, where water absorbs heat and evaporates - similar to how sweat wicks away heat from our bodies.

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They pointed to the watering of purely ornamental grass in cities, as well as “inefficient industrial processes that use more water than needed due to outdated evaporative cooling systems.”

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Warming contributes to drier conditions by increasing what scientists call evaporative demand.

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The living walls concept can help cool air and provide an evaporative cooling effect.

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