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Simulation of Cooling of Water Droplet and Film Flows in Large Natural Wet Cooling Towers

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An iterational algorithm for calculation of evaporative cooling of water droplets and films in a cooling tower is proposed. It is found from a comparison of results of theoretical calculation and experimental data that the effective radius of the droplets is approximately equal to 3·10−4 m. The contribution of film cooling is shown to constitute at least 70% of the overall temperature decrease of cooled water in the cooling tower.

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  1. Academic Scientific Complex “, A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute,” National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

    A. I. Petruchik, A. D. Solodukhin & S. P. Fisenko

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Petruchik, A.I., Solodukhin, A.D. & Fisenko, S.P. Simulation of Cooling of Water Droplet and Film Flows in Large Natural Wet Cooling Towers. Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics 74, 62–68 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016673803772

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