A modified analysis of counter flow wet cooling towers

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 617-626

  El Dessouky, H T A ^a   Al Haddad, A ^a   Al Juwayhel, F ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Direct Contact Heat Transfer; Heat exchangers; Modeling Scaling

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECIFIC HEAT OF GASES; SPECIFIC HEAT OF LIQUIDS;

COUNTER FLOW WET COOLING TOWERS; LEWIS NUMBER;

COOLING TOWERS;

COOLING TOWER; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 3743051527     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2824150     Document Type: Article

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