An analytical model on thermal performance evaluation of counter flow wet cooling tower

This paper proposes an analytical model for simultaneous heat and mass transfer processes in a counter flow wet cooling tower, with the assumption that the enthalpy of the saturated air is a linear function of the water surface temperature. The performance of the proposed analytical model is validat...

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Published inThermal science Vol. 21; no. 6 Part A; pp. 2491 - 2501
Main Authors Wang, Qian, Wang, Pei-Hong, Su, Zhi-Gang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belgrade Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia 01.01.2017
Subjects
Cooling towers
Counterflow
Electric power generation
Enthalpy
Heat transfer
Linear functions
Mass transfer
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Performance evaluation
Power plants
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Summary:This paper proposes an analytical model for simultaneous heat and mass transfer processes in a counter flow wet cooling tower, with the assumption that the enthalpy of the saturated air is a linear function of the water surface temperature. The performance of the proposed analytical model is validated in some typical cases. The validation reveals that, when cooling range is in a certain interval, the proposed model is not only comparable with the accurate model, but also can reduce computational complexity. In addition, with the proposed analytical model, the thermal performance of the counter flow wet cooling towers in power plants is calculated. The results show that the proposed analytical model can be applied to evaluate and predict the thermal performance of counter flow wet cooling towers. nema
ISSN:0354-9836
2334-7163
DOI:10.2298/TSCI150716119W