PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF COUNTER FLOW WET COOLING TOWER

被引：3

作者：

Ramkumar, R. ^{[1
]}

Ragupathy, A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Annamalai Univ, Fac Engn & Technol, Dept Mech Engn, Annamalainagar 608002, Tamil Nadu, India

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AIR-CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION | 2011年 / 19卷 / 02期

关键词：

Counter-flow; cooling tower; tower range; effectiveness; characteristics;

D O I：

10.1142/S2010132511000466

中图分类号：

O414.1 [热力学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

This paper presents an experimental work, which studies the performance of a counter-flow type cooling tower. The experimental trials have been carried out in a counter-flow type cooling tower test rig with mechanical draft. Expanded Wire Mesh type of film packing has been used for experimentation. The packing is made of mild steel with height ranging from 800 to 1255 mm. This study investigates the effect of the air and water flow on the cooling tower range, as well as the tower characteristics for different air flow and water flow quantities. The variation of temperature along the height of pack is measured by means of suitable thermocouples at five different places. The results show that the mass flow rate has adverse effect on the number of transfer unit. Also tower range would be increased by decreasing the inlet wet bulb air temperature.

引用

页码：141 / 148

页数：8

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