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Forced Draft Cooling Tower Performance with Diesel Power Stations
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In this article, a prototype cooling tower was used to explore the potential of using cooling towers compared with radiator cooling systems with 3 MW diesel engines, and the economic analysis of both the cooling tower and radiator systems showed that it would be more economical in the long run to use cooling towers for diesel engines.Abstract:
A prototype cooling tower was used to explore the potential of using cooling towers compared with radiator cooling systems with 3 MW diesel engines. The working parameters were the water mass flow rate, water inlet temperature, air mass flow rate, and humidity ratio. The water mass flow rate was relatively the most effective. Three methods of calculation were used to evaluate performance—namely, heat and mass balance, psychrometric chart, and the heat and mass transfer method. The first was the best in comparison with experiments. The economic analysis of both the cooling tower and radiator systems showed that it would be more economical in the long run to use cooling towers for diesel engines.read more
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Positive Flow Response Characteristic in Vertical Tube Furnace of Supercritical Once-Through Boiler
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Basic heat transfer
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Performance simulation of evaporative heat exchangers-(cooling towers, fluid coolers and condensers)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe 3 algorithmes d'ordinateurs developpes for le calcul des performances des tours de refroidissement, des refiroisseurs de fluide par evaporation, and des condenseurs a evapolation disponibles sur le marche.
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Performance Simulation of Evaporative Heat Exchangers [Cooling Towers, Fluid Coolers, and Condensers]
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a description of three computer algorithms developed to perform rating calculations of commercially available cooling towers, evaporative fluid coolers, and evaporative condensers.