Effects of inlet relative humidity and inlet temperature on the performance of counterflow wet cooling tower based on exergy analysis

Experimental investigation on thermal performance of natural draft wet cooling towers employing an innovative wind-creator setup

“…In another investigation [13], they employed artificial neural network as a model to study effects of cross-wind based on level Froude number. Muangnoi et al [14] investigated effect of the ambient temperature and humidity on the performance of a counter flow WCT based on the second law and exergy analysis of thermodynamics. On the other hand, it is common to use drift eliminators in WCTs in order to minimize water loss from the system.…”

Similarity of coupled heat and mass transfer between air–water and air–liquid desiccant direct-contact systems

“…The performances of air-water [1,2,[6][7][8][9] or air-desiccant [3][4][5][10][11][12][13] direct-contact devices have been widely investigated separately through numerical analysis and experimental tests. Performance influencing factors have been obtained, such as flow rates of air and water-desiccant, packing volume and sizes, and optimization methods have been proposed.…”

Optimization criteria for the performance of heat and mass transfer in indirect evaporative cooling systems

“…Many scientists have undertaken a large amount of research on evaporative cooling systems, mainly on the following three aspects: (1) The analysis of the impact factors on the performance of evaporative cooling systems, such as temperature, humidity and the mass flow rate of moist air [1,2], temperature and the mass flow rate of water [3] and direct/ indirect evaporative cooling with different structures, such as plate types [4,5], tubular types [6,7] and heat pipes [8] etc. (2) The design and optimization of evaporative cooling cycles, including two-stage or three-stage combined direct/ indirect evaporative cooling [9,10] and combined liquid desiccant dehumidification and evaporative cooling [11]. (3) The performance analysis and optimization theory of evaporative cooling systems, with emphasis on exergy analysis [12,13].…”

“…Meanwhile, under the action of the water circulating pump (6), the cooled water divides into two branches. One flows into the air pre-cooler (1), to cool the moist air entering into the air-water direct evaporative cooler (2), while the other supplies the two users with a cold source. The circulating water out of the air pre-cooler (1), and the users' heat exchangers (3) and (4), mix together and flow into the direct evaporative cooler (2).…”