Performance characteristics of counter flow wet cooling towers

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2073-2091

  Khan, Jameel Ur Rehman ^a   Yaqub, M ^a   Zubair, Syed M ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cooling towers; Model; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

WET COOLING TOWERS;

COOLING TOWERS;

EID: 0037411692     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(02)00231-5     Document Type: Article

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