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Seeking Portable Solution for Rapidly Cooling 10 Tons of Water from 100°C to 30°C for Transport

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I'm working on a water treatment project where we need to transport 10 tons of water from the production site to a treatment plant. The challenge is that the water exits the production process at 100°C, and this high temperature risks damaging the pump system on our transport truck, leading to operational issues. I'm looking for a portable and efficient solution that can rapidly cool this large volume of water from 100°C down to 30°C before it enters the truck’s system. The cooling mechanism needs to be compact enough to fit within the truck's infrastructure and must be compatible with the truck and tunnel system materials to prevent rust and corrosion. Has anyone dealt with a similar challenge? What technologies, materials, or approaches would you recommend to achieve this rapid cooling? Any insights on energy requirements or practical considerations would also be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help! 

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    Basically you need to transfer energy from water to air, but there is also an option to dump energy into evaporation. You have 3 main options: conduction, convection and latent heat of evaporation. Convection and latent heat require maximizing the water surface exposed to air, conduction requires maximizing the water surface area exposed to the heat conductor and of course the heat conductor needs the maximum surface exposed to air. There are lots of ways to increase surface area of water and air and you will need fans to increase the amount of air extracting heat. If you can't find a pump to move the water, you might be able to use heat pipes. There are numerous heat exchanger systems that are designed to do all this stuff. If you want it to work quickly, it will need to be large.

    It would be ideal if you could harness the energy in the hot water to dive the entire cooling system using something like a Stirling engine or a Peltier device.

    Although hot water can be tough on equipment, there is lots of equipment designed to handle hot water.

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    Basically you need to transfer energy from water to air, but there is also an option to dump energy into evaporation. You have 3 main options: conduction, convection and latent heat of evaporation. Convection and latent heat require maximizing the water surface exposed to air, conduction requires maximizing the water surface area exposed to the heat conductor and of course the heat conductor needs the maximum surface exposed to air. There are lots of ways to increase surface area of water and air and you will need fans to increase the amount of air extracting heat. If you can't find a pump to move the water, you might be able to use heat pipes. There are numerous heat exchanger systems that are designed to do all this stuff. If you want it to work quickly, it will need to be large.

    It would be ideal if you could harness the energy in the hot water to dive the entire cooling system using something like a Stirling engine or a Peltier device.

    Although hot water can be tough on equipment, there is lots of equipment designed to handle hot water.

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