A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY FOR THE DESIGN OF A LOW WATER CONSUMPTION COOLING TOWER

2014-06-27
Dogan, Burak
Yilmaz, Ibrahim
Polat, Ozgur
Karabulut, Oytun
Ural, Ahmet
Uludağ, Yusuf
ARADAĞ ÇELEBİOĞLU, SELİN
In this study, a combined experimental and computational study for the design of a low water consumption cooling tower is performed. The purpose of the study is to reduce the water consumption without decreasing the efficiency of a typical cooling tower. To achieve this aim, it is necessary to enhance the homogeneity of mist/air mixture. For this purpose, firstly, an experimental set-up including a small scale wind tunnel is installed which provides opportunity to examine different inlet and outlet configurations easily.
12th ASME Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA2014)

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Citation Formats
B. Dogan et al., “A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY FOR THE DESIGN OF A LOW WATER CONSUMPTION COOLING TOWER,” presented at the 12th ASME Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA2014), Copenhagen, DENMARK, 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/53251.