| Autor: |
Patel, Manish, Patel, Suman, Patel, Yogesh, Kishan, Jayanand, Sahu, Mithilesh Kumar, Chakrabarti, Siddharth S. |
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AIP Conference Proceedings; 2023, Vol. 2888 Issue 1, p1-7, 7p |
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Cooling towers are an essential part of thermal power plants. It significantly increases the overall efficiency of the power plant by continuously delivering cooling water to the condenser unit. The main variables on which cooling tower operation depends are the number of nozzles, decking material, fan power, and most importantly, ambient air. It is important to study the effect of these parameters to design optimal design and operating conditions such as the number of nozzles required, what speed should the fan run at, and what type of decking material should be used. In this regard, the current work is an experimental investigation to study the effect of fan speed and the number of nozzles on cooling tower performance. In this work, the authors tested a working prototype of a ducted cooling tower in the laboratory. The investigation has been performed on the existing cooling tower setup and modified cooling tower setup. The setup has been modified by providing more number of nozzles and a regulator to control the blower speed. These modifications enable the investigators to study the effect of change in these parameters on cooling tower performance. The results obtained have been comparatively analyzed with the help of graphs and column charts. It is found that the modified setup with two separate tanks leads to an increase in efficiency of about 11% for two nozzles and about 17.5% for four nozzles operating under the same conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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