Industry Applications for cooling tower
| Process | Role of Cooling Tower |
| API Synthesis | Controls temperature in reactors for selective chemical reactions. |
| Fermentation (Antibiotics) | Removes metabolic heat from bioreactors to keep microorganisms at optimal growth temperature. |
| Lyophilization (Freeze-Drying) | Cools the condenser that captures ice sublimed from the product. |
| Tablet Compression | Cools hydraulic systems and air conditioning for the controlled environment area. |
| Polymerization | Critical safety role. Removes immense heat from exothermic polymerization reactors (e.g., for PVC, polystyrene). |
| Petrochemical Cracking | Quenches and condenses hot gaseous streams to separate products. |
| Inorganic Chemical (Sulfuric Acid) | Cools the acid in intermediate absorption towers. |