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

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minh Phu Nguyen ◽  
Geun Sik Lee
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
Heat Load ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Counter Flow

Improving Natural Draft Cooling Tower Performance With Heat Injection

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Grindle ◽  
John Cooper ◽  
Roger Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
Computer Model ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Combined Cycle ◽  
Steam Boiler ◽  
Natural Draft ◽  
Circulating Water ◽  
Vapor Stream ◽  
Heat Injection

This paper presents an assessment of heat injection as a means of improving natural draft cooling tower performance. The concept involves injecting heat into the cooling tower exit air/vapor stream immediately above the drift eliminators in order to increase the difference between the density of the exit air/vapor stream and the ambient air. The density difference between the air/vapor in the cooling tower stack and the ambient air is the engine that drives airflow through the cooling tower. The enhancement of the airflow through the cooling tower (the natural draft) results in more evaporation and thus lowers the circulating water temperature. Because the heat is injected above the drift eliminators, it does not heat the circulating water. To evaluate the cooling tower performance improvement as a function of heat injection rate, a thermal/aerodynamic computer model of Entergy’s White Bluff 1 & 2 and Independence 1 & 2 (approximately 840 MW each) natural draft cooling towers was developed. The computer model demonstrated that very substantial reductions in cold water temperature (up to 7°F) are obtainable by the injection of heat. This paper also discusses a number of possible heat sources. Sources of heat covered include extraction steam, auxiliary steam, boiler blow-down, and waste heat from a combustion turbine. The latter source of heat would create a combined cycle unit with the combination taking place in the condensing part of the cycle (bottom of the cycle) instead of the steam portion of the cycle (top of the cycle).

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation on Improvement of Wet Cooling Tower Efficiency with Diverse Packing Compaction Using ANN-PSO Algorithm

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Hasan Alimoradi ◽  
Madjid Soltani ◽  
Pooriya Shahali ◽  
Farshad Moradi Kashkooli ◽  
Razieh Larizadeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Water Temperature ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Water Flow Rate ◽  
Pso Algorithm ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Air Flow Rate

In this study, a numerical and empirical scheme for increasing cooling tower performance is developed by combining the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm with a neural network and considering the packing’s compaction as an effective factor for higher accuracies. An experimental setup is used to analyze the effects of packing compaction on the performance. The neural network is optimized by the PSO algorithm in order to predict the precise temperature difference, efficiency, and outlet temperature, which are functions of air flow rate, water flow rate, inlet water temperature, inlet air temperature, inlet air relative humidity, and packing compaction. The effects of water flow rate, air flow rate, inlet water temperature, and packing compaction on the performance are examined. A new empirical model for the cooling tower performance and efficiency is also developed. Finally, the optimized performance conditions of the cooling tower are obtained by the presented correlations. The results reveal that cooling tower efficiency is increased by increasing the air flow rate, water flow rate, and packing compaction.

scholarly journals Is the Water Temperature of the Danube River at Bratislava, Slovakia, Rising?

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1115-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavla Pekarova ◽  
Dana Halmova ◽  
Pavol Miklanek ◽  
Milan Onderka ◽  
Jan Pekar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Water Temperature ◽  
Heat Load ◽  
Empirical Relationship ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Average Heat ◽  
The Danube River ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
Monthly Discharge

Abstract This paper aims to reveal the annual regime, time series, and long-term water temperature trends of the Danube River at Bratislava, Slovakia, between the years 1926 and 2005. First, the main factors affecting the river’s water temperature were identified. Using multiple regression techniques, an empirical relationship is derived between monthly water temperatures and monthly atmospheric temperatures at Vienna (Hohe Warte), Austria, monthly discharge of the Danube, and some other factors as well. In the second part of the study, the long-term trends in the annual time series of water temperature were identified. The following series were evaluated: 1) The average annual water temperature (To) (determined as an arithmetic average of daily temperatures in the Danube at Bratislava), 2) the weighted annual average temperature values (Toυ) (determined from the daily temperatures weighted by the daily discharge rates at Bratislava), and 3) the average heat load (Zt) at the Bratislava station. In the long run, the To series is rising; however, the trend of the weighted long-term average temperature values, Toυ, is near zero. This result indicates that the average heat load of the Danube water did not change during the selected period of 80 yr. What did change is the interannual distribution of the average monthly discharge. Over the past 25 yr, an elevated runoff of “cold” water (increase of the December–April runoff) and a lower runoff of “warm” water (decrease of the river runoff during the summer months of June–August) were observed.

scholarly journals Analisa Kebutuhan Make Up Water Cooling Tower RSG-GAS pada Daya 30 MW Setelah Revitalisasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Pranto Busono ◽  
Santosa Pujiarta
Keyword(s):  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Water Cooling ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Evaporation Loss

Akibat kondisi dan usia dari cooling tower RSG-GAS maka telah dilakukan revitalisasi pada cooling tower tersebut. Cooling tower yang baru mempunyai tipe sama dengan tipe sebelumnya, yaitu tipe Mechanical induced draft, counter flow, Inline, Closed end. Akibat penggantian/revitalisasi cooling tower RSG-GAS maka perlu dilakukan kajian yang berkaitan dengan besarnya kehilangan air. Kehilangan air pada cooling tower terdiri atas: evaporation loss (We), Drift loss (Wd) dan blowdown (Wb). Besarnya kehilangan air berdasarkan desain 93,8074 m3/h, hasil perhitungan 53,1286 m3/h dan hasil pengamatan adalah sebesarnya 39,4548 m3/h. Kehilangan air pada cooling tower perlu dilakukan perhitungan karena berkaitan dengan kemampuan pompa PA-04 dalam mengkompensasi kehilangan air tersebut. Dengan kemampuan pompa PA-04 yang mempunyai kapasitas 100 m3/h, maka dapat dipastikan bahwa pompa PA-04 masih mampu untuk mengkompensasi kehilangan air di cooling tower.   Kata kunci : make up water, revitalisasi cooling tower, kehilangan air

scholarly journals Dynamic Modeling of Mechanical Draft Counter-Flow Wet Cooling Tower With Modelica

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Li ◽  
Yaoyu Li ◽  
John E. Seem
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Modeling ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Transient Behavior ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Inlet Conditions ◽  
The One ◽  
Control Volumes ◽  
Air Conditioning Systems ◽  
Volume Method ◽  
Energy Balances

Cooling towers are important equipments for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in commercial buildings, rejecting the process heat generation to the atmosphere. Dynamic modeling of cooling tower is beneficial for control design and fault detection and diagnostics of the chilled-water systems. This paper proposes a simple and yet effective dynamic model for a typical mechanical draft counter-flow cooling tower. The finite volume method is applied to the one-dimensional heat and mass transfer analysis. With control volumes defined separately for the water and air sides, the dynamic equations are constructed with the mass and energy balances. The steady-state performance of the proposed model is evaluated with the experimental data from literature. The transient behavior is simulated under the changes of tower inlet conditions, with the performance to be evaluated in the future with field test data.

scholarly journals Experimental Study on Effect of Water Spray Characteristics on Performance of Cooling Tower

2020 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Akshay S. Dhurandhar ◽  
Amarsingh B. Kanase-Patil
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Evaporative Cooling ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Spray Angle ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Steam Power ◽  
To Come ◽  
Spiral Type

Cooling tower is an indispensable part, used as a direct contact type heat exchanger mainly for evaporative cooling. Cooling tower generally dissipates, remove heat from thermal power plants. In an induced draft cooling tower of counter flow, used for a mini-steam power plant, hot water enters at the top, while the air is introduced at the bottom and exits at the top, air is allowed to come in contact with falling water droplets, causing evaporative cooling. A possibility of desired change with different spray angle, patterns, is tried and analysed. On findings, best suited spray nozzle angle resulted is 90°, and amongst three spray patterns, full cone, hollow cone and spiral type nozzle; full cone nozzle of 90° spray angle helps achieving efficiency up to 82%. The range increases successively from 9.8°C to 15.5°C for FC nozzle, in approach to WBT; the desirable fall of 3.56°C is attained with effectiveness of 81.63%.

The Study on Heating Running Schemes of Solar Energy Combined with Municipal Heating

2013 ◽  
Vol 790 ◽  
pp. 160-164
Author(s):  
Yong An Ao ◽  
Gang Li ◽  
Wei Xin Kong ◽  
Qi Feng
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Water Temperature ◽  
Solar Collector ◽  
Heat Load ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Combination System ◽  
Save Energy ◽  
The Mathematical Model ◽  
Heat Amount

The research, based on combination system of solar energy and municipal heating network, studied the running scheme of combination system of solar energy and municipal heating network through ways of experiments and theoretical calculation of the mathematical model. Firstly, the research established mathematical model of heat equilibrium of the combination system of solar energy and municipal heating network; secondly, keeping the indoor heat load steady, compared the dynamic heat load provided by solar collector with that needed by heated room at the same time,determined time spans of the network stopping service and the heat load added by the network within 24 h. In the research we took a heating period in a typical room in Shenyang for example, under the conditions of low temperature floor radiant with heating index standard of 50W/ m2 and 50°C of the average supplied water temperature, 40 °C of the return water temperature, calculated and verified the established mathematical model. The results include: when the heat load provided by solar collector is greater or less than the heat needed by the room, how many heat amount should be supplied by the running network and the amount of water flow within the network pipes correspondingly, and how long the network runs or stops. The final conclusions include: whether the running scheme of the combination system can save energy? the conditions of energy saving in running a combination system, and whether the system can bring environmental benefits.

scholarly journals Counter flow induced draft cooling tower option for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle

2015 ◽  
Vol 295 ◽  
pp. 549-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep R. Pidaparti ◽  
Anton Moisseytsev ◽  
James J. Sienicki ◽  
Devesh Ranjan
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Brayton Cycle ◽  
Counter Flow ◽  
Supercritical Carbon

Power Consumption Saving of Chiller Water System for Semiconductor Factory in Taiwan

2011 ◽  
Vol 314-316 ◽  
pp. 1492-1501
Author(s):  
Ching Liang Chen ◽  
Yung Chung Chang
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Temperature ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Reducing Power ◽  
Total Power ◽  
Water Cooling ◽  
Cooling Temperature ◽  
Total Power Consumption ◽  
Temperature Water

Recently, the semiconductor manufacturing industry has exhibited not only fast growth, but intense power consumption. Consequently, reducing power consumption is critical for running reliability. A view of literature reveals that the power consumption of facility system is 56.6 % in the fabs. Among all facility systems, chiller plants are the largest energy users, consuming 27.2 % of the total power consumption. Therefore, saving power consumption for chiller plants involves a considerable economic benefit. In addition, cooling the water temperature further improves the efficiency of chillers. Hence, this report analyzes the optimal temperature between the chiller and cooling tower. Currently, controlling the chiller and cooling tower are separate processes, though, in fact, they should not be. This is because the water cooling temperature affects the efficiency of the chiller. Each reduced degree of the chiller condenser temperature reduces the electrical power by approximately 2 % in the cooling tower, in contrast to the chiller. Therefore, the optimal water cooling water temperature must be analyzed. The analysis method in this report is linear regression. First, determine the equations of power consumption for the chiller and cooling tower with variables representing the water cooling temperature, water supply temperature of the chiller, and outdoor loading and wet-bulb temperatures. Second, add the coefficient of the same variable to obtain the total power consumption equation for the chiller and cooling tower. The result shows the relationships of power consumption with water cooling temperature under identical conditions of the water cooling temperature, water supply temperature of chiller, and outdoor loading and wet-bulb temperatures. Finally, use the differential method to determine the optimal water cooling temperature.

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