35 u00b0 c depending on ambient conditions and for example process cooling tower operation and consisting essentially of water is supplied via pipe 118 and distributed by a set of nozzles 119 or pipes with holes for liquid distribution over the gas cooling device the gas cooling device 114 thus functions as a heat exchanging device by transferring heat from the flue gas to the cooling liquid in addition any water is condensed from the flue gas the stream 118 can be sent to either cooling tower or mechanical chiller or the combination of both cooling tower and mechanical chiller before returning it back to the gas cooling device 114 the thus heated liquid formed in the gas cooling device 114 is collected in the liquid collection receptacle 116 withdrawn via pipe 120 and forwarded for use in the post conditioning section 150 as described below a bleed stream containing flue gas condensate liquid is via pipe 122 withdrawn from the used liquid the pre conditioning section of the system 16 of fig2 thus provides a cool and so 2 depleted flue gas for supply via duct 18 to the carbon dioxide removal system 20 the carbon dioxide removal system 20 comprises the single co 2 absorber 22 in other embodiments the system can include a.