An improved non-dimensional model of wet-cooling towers. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART E-JOURNAL OF PROCESS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 220 , 2005.
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Abstract
Abstract: A general non-dimensional mathematical model of cooling towers is improved by including evaporation of water. The solution still consists of adjusting the assumed straight air-saturation line to the real air-saturation data, but a new constant (H) is added as well. Two solutions are proposed and the accuracy of each method is checked against data from the literature and also compared with the original solution. The first method shows a maximum decrease of 4.4 per cent in error, whereas in the second method, the maximum error was found to be 3.3 and 6.8 per cent when the inlet air was unsaturated and saturated, respectively. Keywords: cooling tower, non-dimensional model, evaporation
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Mechanical |
| Department: | College of Engineering and Physics > Mechanical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | AbdulRahman |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2008 07:23 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2019 13:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.kfupm.edu.sa/id/eprint/511 |