Hypotheses of calculation of the water flow rate evaporated in a wet cooling tower

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5350107

Bourillot, C

The method developed by Poppe at the University of Hannover to calculate the thermal performance of a wet cooling tower fill is presented. The formulation of Poppe is then validated using full-scale test data from a wet cooling tower at the power station at Neurath, Federal Republic of Germany. It is shown that the Poppe method predicts the evaporated water flow rate almost perfectly and the condensate content of the warm air with good accuracy over a wide range of ambient conditions. The simplifying assumptions of the Merkel theory are discussed, and the errors linked to these assumptions are systematically described, then illustrated with the test data.

• Research Organization: Electricite de France, 78 - Chatou. Dept. Transferts Thermiques et Thermodynamique
• OSTI ID: 5350107
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS-3144-SR; ON: DE84920075
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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