Modeling of existing cooling towers in ASPEN PLUS using an equilibrium stage method

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 473-481

  Queiroz, João A ^a,b,c   Rodrigues, Vitor M S ^b   Matos, Henrique A ^c   Martins, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b SUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ASPEN PLUS; Cooling tower; Equilibrium stages; Murphree efficiency; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ASPEN PLUS; COOLING TOWER PERFORMANCE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT METHOD; MICROSOFT EXCEL; MINIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; MURPHREE EFFICIENCY; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; OUTLET WATER; PROCESS SIMULATORS; SIMULATION; TOWER MODELING; VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COOLING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; TOWERS; WATER COOLING TOWERS;

COOLING TOWERS;

EID: 84869436376     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.03.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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