Advanced cooling tower concept based on the maisotsenko-cycle - An exergetic evaluation

International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 159-173

  Morosuk, Tatiana ^a   Tsatsaronis, George ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooling tower; Exergetic analysis; Humid air; Indirect evaporative cooling; M cycle

Indexed keywords

DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EXERGETIC ANALYSIS; HUMID AIR; INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLER; INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLING; M-CYCLE; THERMODYNAMIC INEFFICIENCIES;

COOLING TOWERS; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; EXERGY; TEMPERATURE; TOWERS;

COOLING;

COOL WATER; COOLING; DEW POINT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATION; EXERGY; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY; PRESSURE DROP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84881276658     PISSN: 21503621     EISSN: 2150363X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.2012006013     Document Type: Article

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