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giant concrete lungs that exhale steam so power plants don't melt themselves.
means structures that dump waste heat from power or industrial plants into the air, usually by evaporating water.
from the hyperboloid shape was patented in 1918 by dutch engineers van iterson and kuypers, who realized the curved concrete shell was structurally strong and materially cheap — same shape now iconic worldwide.
that plumeis just water vapor, not pollution or smoke
shape mathhyperboloid form needs less concrete, resists wind
biggest onescan be over 200 meters tall
chernobyl ironyunfinished cooling towers still stand near the plant