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Thermal Analysis and Design of Cooling Towers: Pay Material For Electric Power
Thermal Analysis and Design of Cooling Towers: Pay Material For Electric Power
P M V Subbarao
Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
I I T Delhi
Mass Flow of Water Vapour mv
Mass Flow of Dry Air ma
m a RuT
m v RuT
paV m a RaT pvV m v RvT
Ma Mv
M v pvV
RuT M v pv pv
0.622
M a paV M a pa pa
RuT
Local Cooling Tower Theory
Heat is transferred from water drops to the surrounding air by the transfer of sensible and latent heat
Global Conservation Laws for Evaporative Cooling
SSSF Model for Cooling Tower
m CWi CW TWi m CWe CW TWe
m air C p ,air eC p , steam Tair ,e C p ,air i C p , steam Tair ,i e i h fg
Enthalpy of Wet air
mCWi CW TWi m CWe CW TWe
m CWi CW TWi mCWe CW TWe
m CWi CW TWi m CWe CW TWe
m air hwetair ,e f (Tair ,e , pmoisture ,e , e hwetair ,i f (Tair ,i , pmoisture ,i , i
Local Heat and Mass Transfer in water air system
d
dmw ma 1 dz
mw dz dz
dz
dT dh
Tw w dz ha a dz
dz dz
mw ma 1
Tw ha
Local Air-side control volume of fill
d
ma 1 dz
dmw dz
mw dz dh
dz ha a dz
dT dz
Tw w dz
dz
~
h Tw Ta dA
mw ma 1
Tw ha
Mechanism of Heat Transfer in Cooling Towers
hsa = enthalpy of saturated air-water vapor mixture at bulk water temperature
MeM
Height of Natural Draught Cooling Toer
Forced Draught Cooling Towers
SUPPLY TOWER CHARACTERISTIC
m
KAV n m w
C uair
L m a
Air Side Pressure Drop