scholarly journals Retracted: “Benchmark Thermodynamic Modelling Comparison of a Novel Modular Air-Cooled Condenser With Current Dry-Cooling Methodologies” [ASME 2016 Power Conference collocated with the ASME 2016 10th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, ASME 2016 Power Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, June 26–30, 2016, Conference Sponsors: Power Division, Advanced Energy Systems Division, Solar Energy Division, Nuclear Engineering Division, ISBN: 978-0-7918-5021-3. Paper No. POWER2016-59589, pp. V001T04A010; 9 pages; doi:10.1115/POWER2016-59589]

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
ASME
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Thermodynamic Modelling ◽  
Nuclear Engineering ◽  
Energy Sustainability ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
Dry Cooling

This paper was withdrawn. ASME does not hold the copyright. December 21, 2018. Copyright © 2018 by ASME

scholarly journals Cooling tower plume abatement and plume modeling: a review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuo Li ◽  
M. R. Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Plume Rise ◽  
Cooling Towers ◽  
Moist Air ◽  
Novel Technologies ◽  
Plume Modeling ◽  
Dry Cooling Tower ◽  
Dry Cooling

AbstractVisible plumes above wet cooling towers are of great concern due to the associated aesthetic and environmental impacts. The parallel path wet/dry cooling tower is one of the most commonly used approaches for plume abatement, however, the associated capital cost is usually high due to the addition of the dry coils. Recently, passive technologies, which make use of free solar energy or the latent heat of the hot, moist air rising through the cooling tower fill, have been proposed to minimize or abate the visible plume and/or conserve water. In this review, we contrast established versus novel technologies and give a perspective on the relative merits and demerits of each. Of course, no assessment of the severity of a visible plume can be made without first understanding its atmospheric trajectory. To this end, numerous attempts, being either theoretical or numerical or experimental, have been proposed to predict plume behavior in atmospheres that are either uniform versus density-stratified or still versus windy (whether highly-turbulent or not). Problems of particular interests are plume rise/deflection, condensation and drift deposition, the latter consideration being a concern of public health due to the possible transport and spread of Legionella bacteria.

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