Modelling of cooling tower splash pack

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-123

  Dreyer, A A ^a   Erens, P J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PACKING; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE DROP; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

COUNTERFLOW COOLING; OPTIMUM SPLASH PACK LAYOUT;

COOLING TOWERS;

EID: 0029767332     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)85010-1     Document Type: Article

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