Thermal performance of cross flow cooling towers in variable wet bulb temperature

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1298-1303

  Hajidavalloo, Ebrahim ^a   Shakeri, Reza ^b   Mehrabian, Mozaffar A ^b  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cooling tower; Impact separator; Mathematical model; Thermal performance; Variable wet bulb

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; CROSS FLOWS; CROSS-FLOW COOLING; DESIGN CONDITION; DRY WEATHERS; EVAPORATION LOSS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IMPACT SEPARATOR; INDUSTRIAL UNITS; OPERATING CONDITION; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; VARIABLE WET BULB; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WET BULB TEMPERATURE; WET-BULB;

BOATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; EVAPORATION; METEOROLOGY; MIXED CONVECTION; SEPARATION; SEPARATORS; VAPORS; WASTE HEAT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77649269880     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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