Experimental analysis of heat and mass transfer phenomena in a direct contact evaporative cooling tower

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1610-1617

  Lemouari, M ^a   Boumaza, M ^b   Kaabi, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Cooling tower; Direct contact; Evaporation; Global heat and mass transfer coefficient; Packing; Transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

AIR STREAMS; DIRECT CONTACT; EVAPORATION RATES; EVAPORATIVE COOLING TOWERS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFERS; INLET WATER TEMPERATURES; OPERATING REGIMES; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; TWO REGIMES; VERTICAL GRIDS; WATER EVAPORATIONS; WATER FLOW RATES;

BUILDINGS; COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; COOLING WATER; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPORS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER COOLING TOWERS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 64649095353     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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