{"title":"Thermal study of hybrid-type cooling tower with finned tube radiator","authors":"I.N. Madyshev , V.V. Kharkov","doi":"10.1016/j.tsep.2024.103023","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>High-capacity and efficient cooling of the circulating water is an urgent task for modern industrial enterprises. A hybrid cooling tower has been developed to cool the circulating water, which is cooled by flowing inside an internal tube radiator, the surface of which is constantly wetted with coolant. For intensifying heat transfer processes, the surface of the radiator tubes is provided with circular fins. The paper presents a validated mathematical model of the process of cooling the circulating water in the hybrid cooling tower with the finned radiator. The influence of the material and dimensions of the fins on the thermal characteristics of the hybrid cooling tower is evaluated. It was found that changing the fin material to copper can increase the heat rate and capacity by 65.5 to 71.5 %, depending on the average temperature of the wetting liquid. It was shown that by using copper fins 3.5 mm high and spaced at a pitch of 2 mm, it is possible to increase the heat rate and capacity of the hybrid cooling system up to 5 times compared to smooth tubes of the radiator under the same conditions. It was determined that the selection of rational fin dimensions of radiator tubes ensures almost complete alignment of the thermal resistances of the radiator walls, which can enhance the heat rate and capacity of the hybrid cooling tower.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23062,"journal":{"name":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","volume":"56 ","pages":"Article 103023"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Thermal Science and Engineering Progress","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451904924006413","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENERGY & FUELS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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High-capacity and efficient cooling of the circulating water is an urgent task for modern industrial enterprises. A hybrid cooling tower has been developed to cool the circulating water, which is cooled by flowing inside an internal tube radiator, the surface of which is constantly wetted with coolant. For intensifying heat transfer processes, the surface of the radiator tubes is provided with circular fins. The paper presents a validated mathematical model of the process of cooling the circulating water in the hybrid cooling tower with the finned radiator. The influence of the material and dimensions of the fins on the thermal characteristics of the hybrid cooling tower is evaluated. It was found that changing the fin material to copper can increase the heat rate and capacity by 65.5 to 71.5 %, depending on the average temperature of the wetting liquid. It was shown that by using copper fins 3.5 mm high and spaced at a pitch of 2 mm, it is possible to increase the heat rate and capacity of the hybrid cooling system up to 5 times compared to smooth tubes of the radiator under the same conditions. It was determined that the selection of rational fin dimensions of radiator tubes ensures almost complete alignment of the thermal resistances of the radiator walls, which can enhance the heat rate and capacity of the hybrid cooling tower.
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