>>13422316No, its to optimize convection, the cooling towers stand on stilts and are open on the bottom to let colder air in, the hot turbine condensate runs through pipes submerged in cooling water, the steaming off of that cooling water lowers the temperature in the pipes, but to increase the cooling you got to get rid of the steam fast, so the warm air raising in the tower creates negative pressure on the open bottom, drawing in cold air which repeats the cycle. They are just large ass heat exchangers
