Design Considerations and Characteristics of Dry Cooling

Heat removal is by sensible heat transfer only. [Pg.82]

For a given amount of cooling, the air-cooled unit must move an enormous volume of air (because air has a specific volume 830 times as great as that of water while its heat capacity is only about one-quarter). [Pg.82]

Design temperatures for cold water from wet towers are 80-90°F from dry towers they can be 20-3 0°F higher. [Pg.82]

Air-cooled heat exchangers usually are selected on the basis of maximum coolant temperature. [Pg.82]

Airside fouling is negligible when compared to the water-cooling problems of scale, corrosion and biological growths. [Pg.82]

Big Chemical Encyclopedia