Research Article
Jan 1976
Dry-Wet Tower Evaporation and Fog Psychometrics
Abstract
To determine the adequacy of existing dry-wet tower configurations and to evaluate proposed combinations of dry-wet towers with regard to various environmental consequences, it is necessary to calculate water consumption and fogging magnitude for each cooling configuration, at all meteorological conditions which can occur at a specific site. Each comprehensive calculations must be made while maintaining practical manageability of the resulting models to be usable for a large number of repetitive calculations and to interface with existing thermodynamic models. This paper describes the basic psychrometric models and definitions that are necessary for a comprehensive consideration of water consumption and fogging magnitude that are associated with two parallel air path dry-wet cooling tower configurations. Brief comments on the integrated thermodynamic models and relevant outputs are examined and the use of the psychrometric models is illustrated with example calculations.
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Journal of the Power Division
Volume 102 • Issue 1 • January 1976
Pages: 21 - 33
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© 1976 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jan 1976
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Thomas E. Croley II, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof. and Research Engr., Div. of Energy Engrg., Iowa Inst. of Hydraulic Research, Jniv. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
V. C. Patel
Assoc. Prof. and Research Engr., Div. of Energy Engrg., Iowa Inst. of Hydraulic Research, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Mow-Soung Cheng
Research Asst., Iowa Inst. of Hydraulic Research, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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