Advanced wet-dry cooling tower concept cross-flow tests

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6771228· OSTI ID:6771228

Snyder, T; Bentley, J; Giebler, M; Glicksman, L R; Rohsenow, W M

The design, operation, instrumentation, and performance testing of a crossflow evaporative cooling tower are discussed, and computer predictions for performance are compared with test data. Experimental results for 14 runs agreed with heat and mass transfer coefficient calculations within 5% for 11 runs and within 8% for the remaining 3 runs. It was concluded that the computer model is valid for use in future design studies, that the wet-dry packing is effective in reducing cooling water consumption, and that the crossflow air-water arrangement shows much promise for future development. (LCL)

• Research Organization: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-S-02-2500
• OSTI ID: 6771228
• Report Number(s): COO-2500-2(Vol.2); MIT-EL-77-002(Vol.2)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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