Synopsis

Name of Student Gausulraheman Gulab Ghori

College Name G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering and Management,

Wagholi, Pune, India.

M.E. Civil Structural Engineering

Project Thesis Study Of Shape And Thickness Of Cooling Tower

Abstract

In thermal power stations Cooling Tower plays vital role as long with stresses due to
wind load, Seismic load, thermal stresses are predominant in cooling tower. In thermal power
plants using variety of heat sources, the redundant heat needs to be removed through cooling
devices such as heat exchangers and cooling towers.

Natural draught cooling towers are one of the largest shell structures being built today.
These are the hyperbolic shells of revolution in form and are supported on closely spaced
inclined columns. The slenderness of the columns and the large dimensions of the shell make
these structures vulnerable to earthquake and wind disturbances.

Many investigators have conducted studies to better understand the stability and dynamic
response behaviors of the cooling towers. Constructions of these monumental structures in the
zones of high seismic risk or high wind have further intensified these investigations.

Hyperbolic cooling towers are shells of double curvature that resist the applied forces
primarily through in-plane membrane stresses. These shells can be more than 150 m high and
may be only 20-25 mm thick for most of the height. In current design practice for hyperbolic
cooling towers (ACI- ASCE: "Reinforced" 1977, 1984; IASS: "Recommendations" 1979),
stresses due to design loads from elastic analysis are used to design reinforcement in concrete
shells based on point wise limit-state behavior (Gupta 1981, 1984b).
 Natural Draught hyperbolic cooling towers are characterizing land marks of power
stations. They comprise of a thin concrete shell of revolution are common place in civil
engineering infrastructure. The wind load is always the dominant load in the design of the
cooling tower due to its large size, complex geometry and thin wall. This study deals with the
study of thermal analysis of two existing cooling towers of 143.50m and 172m high above
ground level with varying thickness in accordance with IS 11504. These cooling towers have
been analyzed for thermal loads using ANSYS software by assuming fixity at the shell base. The
analysis of two existing cooling towers has been carried out using 8 nodded SHELL 181 element
with uniform SHELL thicknesses.

Guide Name Mrs. S.D.Kuralkar

Nature of Project - STUDY OF SHAPE AND THICKNESS OF NATURAL DRAUGHT

COOLING TOWER

Keywords Shape effect, Thickness changes effect, Feasibility.