László Heller

Heller László (1907—1980) was a Hungarian professor and mechanical engineer credited with inventing the Heller–Forgó dry cooling tower system for power stations.

[1] Born in Nagyvárad (now Oradea, Romania), Heller took a degree in mechanical engineering in 1931 at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zurich.

He was a large contributor to the domain of statics, and helped establish the concept of entropy for engineering practices.

[8] In 2023 the system attracted the attention of some Iranian academics who were interested in the replacement of a wet cooling tower.

[9] Asteroid 276975 Heller, discovered by Hungarian astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky at Piszkéstető Station in 2004, was named in his honor.

His bust at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Heller-Forgó cooling towers at the Inota Power Plant (view from south), near Székesfehérvár Hungary
His grave in Kozma Street Cemetery , the biggest Jewish cemetery of Budapest .