Counter-Flow Cooling Tower Test Cell
The article contains a design of a functional experimental model of a cross-flow mechanical draft cooling tower and the results and outcomes of measurements. This device is primarily used for measuring performance characteristics of cooling fills, but with a simple rebuild, it can be used for measur...
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2014-03-01
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| author | Dvořák Lukáš Nožička Jiří |
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| description | The article contains a design of a functional experimental model of a cross-flow mechanical draft cooling tower and the results and outcomes of measurements. This device is primarily used for measuring performance characteristics of cooling fills, but with a simple rebuild, it can be used for measuring other thermodynamic processes that take part in so-called wet cooling. The main advantages of the particular test cell lie in the accuracy, size, and the possibility of changing the water distribution level. This feature is very useful for measurements of fills of different heights without the influence of the spray and rain zone. The functionality of this test cell has been verified experimentally during assembly, and data from the measurement of common film cooling fills have been compared against the results taken from another experimental line. For the purpose of evaluating the data gathered, computational scripts were created in the MATLAB numerical computing environment. The first script is for exact calculation of the thermal balance of the model, and the second is for determining Merkel’s number via Chebyshev’s method. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-feaf14c498f546d4aeeb3d181761026b2022-12-21T23:20:06ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2014-03-01670202410.1051/epjconf/20146702024epjconf_efm-13_02024Counter-Flow Cooling Tower Test CellDvořák Lukáš0Nožička Jiří1CTU in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Fluid Dynamics and ThermodynamicsCTU in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Fluid Dynamics and ThermodynamicsThe article contains a design of a functional experimental model of a cross-flow mechanical draft cooling tower and the results and outcomes of measurements. This device is primarily used for measuring performance characteristics of cooling fills, but with a simple rebuild, it can be used for measuring other thermodynamic processes that take part in so-called wet cooling. The main advantages of the particular test cell lie in the accuracy, size, and the possibility of changing the water distribution level. This feature is very useful for measurements of fills of different heights without the influence of the spray and rain zone. The functionality of this test cell has been verified experimentally during assembly, and data from the measurement of common film cooling fills have been compared against the results taken from another experimental line. For the purpose of evaluating the data gathered, computational scripts were created in the MATLAB numerical computing environment. The first script is for exact calculation of the thermal balance of the model, and the second is for determining Merkel’s number via Chebyshev’s method.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146702024 |
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