A systemic approach for optimal cooling tower operation

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2200-2209

  Cortinovis, Giorgia F ^a   Paiva, José L ^a   Song, Tah W ^a   Pinto, José M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling tower; Cooling water system; Nonlinear programming; Optimization; Process analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; COOLING WATER SYSTEM; COOLING WATER SYSTEMS; DESIGN CONDITION; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; INTEGRATED MODELS; OPTIMAL COOLING; OPTIMAL OPERATION; PROCESS ANALYSIS; PROCESS VARIABLES; RECYCLE WATER; STRONG INTERACTION; SYSTEMIC APPROACH; THERMAL DEMANDS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; WATER FLOW RATE;

COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW RATE; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATING COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER COOLING TOWERS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERWORKS;

COOLING WATER;

EID: 67650251249     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.04.033     Document Type: Article

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