User's manual for the IIHR model of dry-wet cooling tower economics
This manual provides brief, easy-to-read, and easy-to-follow directions for the use of an IIHR computer model for determining the economics of a specific type of dry-wet cooling tower. The cooling system represented by the model consists of a separate mechanical, induced-draft ''dry'' tower of the indirect type and a mechanical, induced-draft, crossflow ''wet'' tower, each with its own fans receiving air in parallel. They are connected in a series water flow with the dry tower placed first, the wet tower next and a surface condenser receiving cold water from the wet tower and supplying hot water to the dry tower. The model considers operation of the system in all three possible modes: dry cooling only, wet cooling only, or both dry and wet cooling, and uses the lowest-cost mode for each set of meteorological conditions and power loading.
- Research Organization:
- Iowa Inst. of Hydraulic Research, Iowa City (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7302895
- Report Number(s):
- IIHR-181
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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