Parametric study on spray cooling systems in natural draft dry cooling towers with a new nozzle representation approach
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Paper/Presentation Title | Parametric study on spray cooling systems in natural draft dry cooling towers with a new nozzle representation approach |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Alkhedhair, Abdullah, Guan, Zhiqiang, Jahn, Ingo and Gurgenci, Hal |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISBN | 9780646943770 |
Conference/Event | 17th IAHR International Conference on Cooling Tower and Heat Exchanger |
Event Details | 17th IAHR International Conference on Cooling Tower and Heat Exchanger Delivery In person Event Date 07 to end of 11 Sep 2015 Event Location Gold Coast, Australia |
Abstract | Pre-cooling of inlet air with water spray is proposed for performance enhancement of natural draft dry cooling towers (NDDCTs) during high ambient temperature periods. In this study, an Eulerian-Lagrangian 3-D numerical model was used and validated to simulate evaporating water sprays produced by real nozzles. A new adaptable method of hollow-cone spray representation into an Eulerian-Lagrangian numerical modeling was developed to reproduce the real nozzle behavior using experimentally measured initial spray characteristics and taking into account radial evolution of droplet size distribution and air/droplets momentum exchange. A parametric analysis using the validated CFD model with the new nozzle representation method was conducted on the effect of different spray characteristics parameters on spray cooling system performance for nozzle design optimisation. |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 4012. Fluid mechanics and thermal engineering |
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Byline Affiliations | No affiliation |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z2107/parametric-study-on-spray-cooling-systems-in-natural-draft-dry-cooling-towers-with-a-new-nozzle-representation-approach
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