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The influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers.
Thesis (PhD (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 1992.
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| author | Du Preez, Abraham Francois |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1426 The influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers. Du Preez, Abraham Francois Kroger, D. G. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering. Dissertations -- Mechanical engineering Theses -- Mechanical engineering Cooling towers -- Climatic factors Heat exchangers -- Cooling Winds Thesis (PhD (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 1992. The effect of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers is studied by means of isothermal model tests, a numerical simulation and full scale measurements. The action of the wind on such towers is found to be complex and is influenced by a number of different parameters including the wind speed, the shape of the approaching wind profile, the inlet diameter to the inlet height ratio of the tower, the tower height, the shape of the tower shell, the pressure loss coefficient of the heat exchangers and the amount of heat rejected by the tower. For a horizontal arrangement of the heat exchangers the wind effect on the tower is shown to be strongly dependent on both the shape and pressure loss coefficient of the tower supports. In practical cooling towers the heat exchangers are either arranged horizontally in the inlet cross-section of the tower or vertically around the circumference of the tower and the wind effect is found to be dependent on the particular layout. The wind effect on a tower is furthermore found to increase if the heat exchangers are arranged in the form of A-frames. Additional reductions in the heat rejection rate of the tower are caused by a non-uniform air temperature distribution inside the tower and flow distortions through the heat exchanger. Significant reductions in the wind effect on a cooling tower can be achieved by installing windbreak walls below the heat exchangers if the latter are arranged horizontally in the tower inlet. Doctoral 2009-09-29T12:49:36Z 2010-06-01T08:21:20Z 2009-09-29T12:49:36Z 2010-06-01T08:21:20Z 1992-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1426 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Dissertations -- Mechanical engineering Theses -- Mechanical engineering Cooling towers -- Climatic factors Heat exchangers -- Cooling Winds Du Preez, Abraham Francois The influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers. |
| title | The influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers. |
| title_full | The influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers. |
| title_fullStr | The influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers. |
| title_short | The influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers. |
| title_sort | influence of cross winds on the performance of natural draft dry cooling towers |
| topic | Dissertations -- Mechanical engineering Theses -- Mechanical engineering Cooling towers -- Climatic factors Heat exchangers -- Cooling Winds |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1426 |
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