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And the hot side of the unit goes where?


They might be swamp coolers, which blows the air over water, evaporating the water and cooling the air.


They have high humidity and temperatures. Swamp coolers wouldn't be terribly effective in that environment. These are probably conventional chillers pumping out cold air.


They might be using a fan / windcatcher system to create pleasant breezes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher


I'd design it in the ocean if these units are in costal city, or maybe as a passive element in the water mains if the flow is substantial enough. Not a thermal engineer though so take it with a grain of salt


Saudi Arabia?


Up into the atmosphere, presumably.


Couldn't they just point cold air down and warm air up?




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