Performance of cooling tower with honeycomb packing

Abstract EN

The objective of this study is to investigate experimentally and theoretically heat and mass transfer characteristics of the cooling tower.

The investigation carried out at a mechanical forced direct cooling tower.

A column-packing unit is made of a new type of packing named honeycomb (plastic).

Air and water are used as fluids and the runs are done at the air and water mass flow rates ranging between 0.05 and 0.15 kg / s, and between 0.1 and 0.25 kg / s, respectively.

The inlet water temperatures ranging between 35 and 50oC.

A mathematical model based on the equations of mass transfer and energy is used and solved to determine the characteristics of cooling tower, pressure drop, temperature ratio, and tower effectiveness.

There is reasonable agreement from the comparison between the calculated and measured data.