The cooling performance of a natural draft dry cooling tower under crosswind and an enclosure approach to cooling efficiency enhancement
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.007
Abstract: Abstract Cooling performance of a natural draft dry cooling tower degrades in presence of crosswind. Upon an in service natural draft dry cooling tower of a 660 MW unit in China, a computational fluid dynamics approach… read more here.
Keywords: cooling performance; draft dry; dry cooling; performance ... See more keywords
Experimental study of cold inflow effect on a small natural draft dry cooling tower
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.09.071
Abstract: Abstract The heat rejection rate of natural draft dry cooling tower, as well as the operating performance of a power plant, can be affected by numerous ambient factors. The cold inflow is an unfavourable air… read more here.
Keywords: effect; draft dry; dry cooling; cooling tower ... See more keywords
Modeling and characteristic analysis of fouling in a wet cooling tower based on wavelet neural networks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.02.041
Abstract: Abstract In this work, cooling effectiveness decline during operation of cooling towers has been modeled using local linear wavelet neural networks. The algorithm of particle swarm optimization (PSO) is employed to optimize the parameters of… read more here.
Keywords: neural networks; wavelet neural; modeling characteristic; model ... See more keywords
The efficiency of high-level water collecting cooling tower with the installation of cross wall affect by the evolution of aerodynamic field
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114181
Abstract: Abstract The aerodynamic field around high-level water collecting natural draft wet cooling tower (HNDWCT), especially that below its special high-level water collecting devices (HWCDs), strongly affects the tower efficiency. Therefore, the aerodynamic fields below HWCDs… read more here.
Keywords: water collecting; level water; wall; cooling tower ... See more keywords
Thermal characteristics of dry cooling tower reconstructed from obsolete natural draft wet cooling tower and the relevant thermal system coupling optimization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115202
Abstract: Abstract Natural draft dry cooling tower is attractive in recent decades with its superiority of zero water loss. Some old thermal power plants are under high pressure of waste water reducing emission, thus the natural… read more here.
Keywords: draft dry; cooling tower; dry cooling; natural draft ... See more keywords
Cooling performance of cylinder-frustum natural draft dry cooling tower
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115797
Abstract: Abstract Cooling towers are an important part of thermal power plants, and applications of steel cooling towers have increased in recent years. Hyperbolic cooling towers (HCTs) have a traditional geometry. However, this style may be… read more here.
Keywords: cylinder frustum; cooling towers; cooling performance; performance cylinder ... See more keywords
Estimation the remaining service-lifetime of wooden structure of geothermal cooling tower
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cscm.2017.01.001
Abstract: Similar with other construction materials, wood strength is decreasing when applied by long term loading. Wooden cooling tower structure at Star Energy Geothermal (Wayang Windu) Ltd was built in 1998 and it should be evaluated… read more here.
Keywords: service lifetime; wood; structure; cooling tower ... See more keywords
Investigation on the optimal cooling tower input capacity of a cooling tower assisted ground source heat pump system
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.06.024
Abstract: Abstract Coupling auxiliary cooling devices with ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems in cooling dominated areas can effectively solve the ground thermal imbalance problem. However, the input capacity of the auxiliary heat rejecter directly affects… read more here.
Keywords: system; heat; input capacity; cooling tower ... See more keywords
Numerical study and performance evaluation of the Maisotsenko cycle cooling tower
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2020.112735
Abstract: Abstract Following paper presents detail investigation of the Maisotsenko cycle (M-Cycle) cooling tower through numerical modeling. For the purpose of this study, e-NTU model of the M-Cycle cooling tower (MCT) was developed and validated against… read more here.
Keywords: cycle cooling; study; cycle; cooling tower ... See more keywords
Thermo-economic comparison of air-cooled and cooling tower based Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) with R245fa and R1233zde as candidate working fluids for different geographical climate conditions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.134
Abstract: This article compares the part-load operation of air cooled and cooling tower based low-medium temperature geothermal Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems installed at different geographical locations. Working fluid R245fa was compared with a newer competitor… read more here.
Keywords: cooling tower; air cooled; system; tower based ... See more keywords
Cooling tower plume abatement using a coaxial plume structure
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.12.040
Abstract: Abstract The traditional approach of cooling tower plume abatement is supposed to result in an unsaturated, well-mixed plume with a “top-hat” structure in the radial structure, but this is an idealization that is rarely achieved… read more here.
Keywords: plume abatement; plume; tower plume; structure ... See more keywords