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Qian Wang

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Pei-Hong Wang

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Zhi-Gang Su

AN ANALYTICAL MODEL ON THERMAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF COUNTER FLOW WET COOLING TOWER

ABSTRACT
This paper proposes an analytical model for simultaneous heat and mass transfer processes in a counter flow wet cooling tower, with the assumption that the enthalpy of the saturated air is a linear function of the water surface temperature. The performance of the proposed analytical model is validated in some typical cases. The validation reveals that, when cooling range is in a certain interval, the proposed model is not only comparable with the accurate model, but also can reduce computational complexity. In addition, with the proposed analytical model, the thermal performance of the counter flow wet cooling towers in power plants is calculated. The results show that the proposed analytical model can be applied to evaluate and predict the thermal performance of counter flow wet cooling towers.
KEYWORDS
heat and mass transfer, counter flow, wet cooling tower, Analytical Model, thermal performance, power plants
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2015-07-16
PAPER REVISED: 2016-05-09
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2016-05-11
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2016-05-30
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI150716119W
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2017, VOLUME 21, ISSUE Issue 6, PAGES [2491 - 2501]
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