Chapter Seven Water Cooling Towers
Chapter Seven Water Cooling Towers
Chapter Seven Water Cooling Towers
Overview
or action of fan
Design Equation
! #$!
+ %#&
"
'$
%
*$ *! + #&!
-.
4" . 6
*8 : Air temperature
G2
TG+dTG
H+dH
Hy+dHy
G
Hy
G1
L2
L+dL
TL+dTL
dz
L
TL
L1
-& JK
(#B #8 )
JP
FI = OP JP MN >
FI
= JK -8 0LMN #B #8 ?C
>
#JK
JP
F^
= 8 0 *B *8 ?C
>
%?#& =
8 0
'S
JK -& 0
FI F^
+ = JK -8 0LMN #B #8 ?C + 8 0 *B *8 ?C
>
0
8 0
'S
-& 0 = L-8 0
JK L-8 0
#&
Also
'$ ?*$ = %?#& = $ 0 *$ *B ?C
%?#& = JK -8 0L?C(#&B #& )
JK -8 0L?C #&B #& = $ 0 *$ *B ?C
#&B #&
$ 0
=
*$ *B
JK -8 0L
$ 0
-8 0JK L
Hy vs T
Hy2
Hyi
#& H
y
$ 0
-8 0JK L
Operating line
'$
%
Hy1
TL1 Ti
TL
*
TL2
Plot the function `/(_ ) vs _ then find the area under the curve.
#&"
#&"
'$
%{B|
#&
Operating line
#&!
TL1
'$
%
TL2
% = 1.3%{B| 1.5%{B|
Example
A packed countercurrent water-cooling tower is being used to cool a
water stream from TL1 = 43.3oC to TL2 = 29.4oC. The water stream flows at
rate of L = 1.356 kg water/s.m2 and the gas stream flowrate is G = 1.356 kg
dry air/s.m2. The entering air at 29.4oC and has a wet bulb temperature of
23.9oC. The mass transfer coefficient kGa is estimated as 1.20710-7 kg
mol/s.m2.Pa and hLa/kGaMBP as 4.187104 J/kg.K. The tower operates at a
pressure of 10.1.3 kPa. Calculate:
1)
2)
3)
4)