67-04: Sea Water as an Industrial CoolantThe Texas Division of The Dow Chemical Company is now pumping about 2 million GPM of sea water. Some of this is used for the extraction of magnesium and bromine, but most is for once through cooling. The power plants have a combined maximum capacity of 880 megawatts and 13 million lbs. per hour of steam. The Division has had over 25 years' experience in this area. Handling such a volume involves many conditions ranging from near stagnation to high

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