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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2013.37.3.267

Effects of Inlet Water Temperature and Heat Load on Fan Power of Counter-Flow Wet Cooling Tower  

Nguyen, Minh Phu (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ulsan)
Lee, Geun Sik (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ulsan)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.37, no.3, 2013 , pp. 267-273 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to provide effective operating conditions for the fan in a wet cooling tower with film fill, a new program to search for the minimum fan power was developed using a model of the optimal total annual cost of the tower based on Merkel's model. In addition, a type of design map for a cooling tower was also developed. The inlet water temperature and heat load were considered as key parameters. The present program was first validated using several typical examples. The results showed that for a given heat load, a three-dimensional graph of the fan power (z-axis), mass flux of air (x-axis, minimum fan power), and inlet water temperature (y-axis, maximum of minimum fan power) showed a saddle configuration. The minimum fan power increased as the heat load increased. The conventionally known fact that the most effective cooling tower operation coincides with a high inlet water temperature and low air flow rate can be replaced by the statement that there exists an optimum mass flux of air corresponding to a minimum fan power for a given inlet water temperature, regardless of the heat load.
Keywords
Cooling Tower; Fan Power; Saddle Configuration; Film Fill;
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