A study of fouling and its effects on the performance of counter flow wet cooling towers

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-52

  Khan, J U R ^a   Zubair, S M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cooling towers; Fill fouling model; Performance

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOULING; THERMAL EFFECTS; WETTING;

COUNTER FLOWS;

COOLING TOWERS;

COOLING SYSTEM; COOLING TOWER; FOULING; MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1842532398     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440804322860636     Document Type: Article

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