THE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, MISTAKE FREE PRESENTATION ON WET COOLING TOWERS AND AIRCONDITIONING OVERVIEW

WET COOLING TOWERS

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The cooling tower is one of the most often overlooked energy conservation centers and profit makers that should be recognized and exploited Robert Burger(President Burger And

Overview
Why we use wet cooling towers What they do Two most common types and how they compare The advantages and disadvantages of using them A review of the important information on airconditioning in general Work a practice problem

What do wet cooling towers do?

They remove large amounts of waste heat carried in water

WHERE?
POWER PLANTS LARGE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS SOME INDUSTRIES

Why?
Water used to cool needs to be cooled itself so that it can be reused. Hot water can not simply be rejected
Concerns of thermal pollution Limited supply of water

HOW HEAT IS REMOVED

HEAT IS REMOVED BY EVAPORATIVE COOLING

OLDER APPROACHES TO COOLING WASTE WATER

COOLING POND
WATER IS DUMPED INTO A LARGE POND HUGE AMOUNT OF WATER NEEDED

COOLING POND

Hot water out

Cold water in

THE SPRAY POND

SPRAY POND
WATER IS SIMPLY SPRAYED IN THE AIR OVER THE POND AND IS COOLED 1/20th THE AREA OF A COOLING POND IS NEEDED

SPRAY POND

TWO TYPES OF COOLING TOWERS

INDUCED DRAFT COUNTERFLOW COOLING TOWER NATURAL DRAFT COOLING TOWER

INDUCED DRAFT COUNTERFLOW COOLING TOWER

INDUCED DRAFT

INDUCED DRAFT COUNTERFLOW COOLING TOWER

NATURAL DRAFT COOLING TOWER

Natural draft cooling tower

Advantages
BOTH COOL USING 1/25th TO 1/50th THE AREA OF A SPRAY POND VERY EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY OF COOLING WASTE HEAT LITTLE POLLUTION

DISADVANTAGES
Dont look pretty Lose water due to drift Steam escaping looks like pollution Cause Legionnaires Disease
Legionnaires disease is a type of pneumonia affecting the lungs Must be specially cleaned

Eliminating Drift
As much drift as possible must be eliminated to reduce losses and prevent spread of legionnaires disease

Drift eliminator
The water is removed from the air by the S-shape of the drift eliminator

Side view
The slight angle increases drift elimination

Head to Head
Induced
Noisy Expensive to run Cheaper to build

Natural
Quiet Cheap to run Expensive to build

Head to Head
Induced
Small Less subject to atmospheric conditions

Natural
Big More subject to atmospheric conditions

AIR-CONDITIONING THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

THE PSYCHROMETRIC CHART
FIND TWO PROPERTIES OF AIR ON THE CHART AND YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES

Enthalpy change

hdry air=Cp

Dry bulb temperature

Tdb
The ordinary temperature of air

Wet-bulb Temperature

Twb
The temperature with regard to the moisture in the air

Dew Point temperature

Tdp
The temperature of air at which water will begin to condense

Specific Humidity

= mv/ma
The mass of water vapor present in 1 unit mass of dry air

Relative Humidity

= mv/mg
The ratio of the amount of water air can hold to what it is holding

PROBLEM 13-25
After a long walk in the 8 C outdoors, a person wearing glasses enters a room at 25 C and 40 percent relative humidity. Determine if the glasses will fog.

CONCLUSION
WET COOLING TOWERS DISPOSE OF WASTE HEAT TO THE AIR THE PSYCHROMETRIC CHART RULES SO DOES AIR-CONDITIONING

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