Cooling circuit for removing waste heat from an electromechanical converter and power generating plant with a cooling circuit of this type

A cooling circuit for removing waste heat from a cooling device of an electromechanical converter, comprising:

• a chilling medium;
• the cooling device of the converter, wherein heat is extracted by the cooling device of the converter from air heated by the electromechanical converter and transferred to the chilling medium;
• a cooler for extracting heat from the chilling medium;
• a return, connecting the cooling device of the converter to the cooler for conducting the warmed chilling medium;
• a feed, connecting the cooler to the cooling device of the converter for conducting the cooled chilling medium;
• and
• an absorption chiller, which is present in addition to the cooler, for extracting further heat from the chilling medium,
• wherein the absorption chiller is driven by the heat of the warmed chilling medium that is in the return,
• wherein the absorption chiller comprises an evaporator and a generator,
• wherein the evaporator is connected to the feed to absorb heat from the cool chilling medium in the feed,
• wherein the generator is connected to the return to absorb heat, and
• the chilling medium which is water or ammonia extracts heat from the air heated by the electromechanical converter and then the heated chilling medium through the return passes through the generator to give heat input to the generator then the chilling medium leaving the generator is cooled in the cooler before entering the evaporator to evaporate the fluid within the absorption chiller by absorption of heat from the feed of the chilling medium and then finally the chilling medium is returned by a pump to the cooling device of the converter via the feed through the cooler and then the evaporator.