The Merkel equation revisited: A novel method to compute the packed height of a cooling tower

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 167-172

  Picardo, J R ^a   Variyar, J E ^b  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cooling tower; Merkel equation; Power law; Vertical Corrugated Packing

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; COST OPTIMIZATION; COUNTER CURRENT; EXCESS AIR; INLET AIR; MASS TRANSFER CORRELATION; MERKEL EQUATION; POWER LAW; WATER FLOW RATE; WET BULB TEMPERATURE;

AIR; FLOW RATE;

COOLING TOWERS;

EID: 84856187992     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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