how is a cooling tower related to a heat exchanger
Both are heat exchangers In most cooling towers the fluid to be cooled (water) comes into direct physical contact with the coolant (air) In most heat exchangers the fluid to be cooled and the coolant, flow in separate circuits and heat is exchanged through a metal separation (very often tubes) Jim, you may consider it appropriate to acknowledge the help your respondents try to provide, If so, then please award one of us Best Answer - it costs you nothing and it's our preferred recognition. Thanks
Both are involved in moving heat. The cooling tower lowers the temperature of water by evaporating part of it as it falls inside the tower. The heat exchanger separates the flow of hot and cool materials but uses tubes or panels to provide area for hot gas or fluid on one side to lose heat to cooler gas or fluid on other side.
