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Cooling Technology field for thermal plants #3

Open loganbyers opened 6 years ago

loganbyers commented 6 years ago

Description

Cooling Technology: categorical Technological implementation used to regulate heat energy during electricity generation.

Possible Steps to Acquisition

Define vocabulary
Compile sources
ETL

Possible Data Sources

[TODO]

Vocabulary (WIP)

Unknown
Dry
OnceThrough
NaturalRecirculatingTower
Forced RecirculatingTower
RecirculatingPond

Challenges

In some cases a single power plant will use multiple cooling technologies. Disaggregating to the generating unit level would ease this edge case.

Additional Info

keywords: cooling, water, water use, tech,