Tower heat

The most generally accepted theory of the coohng-tower heat-transfer process is that developed by Merkel (op. cit.). This analysis is based upon enthalpy potential difference as the driving force. 

In operating a coohng tower in the thermocycle or free-cooling mode, some precautions are necessary to minimize icing problems. These include fan reversals to circulate air down through the tower inlet louvers, proper water distribution, constant water flow over the tower, heat tracing of lines such as makeup lines as required, and maximum loading per tower cell. 

The fill illustrated in Figures 9-1 lOA and B is typical of many cooling tower heat transfer evaporative cooling surfaces. The wooden splash type is the oldest in terms of length of usage, while the film types (some fabricated of plastic) have been in service about 40 years [148]. 

Details of the thermodynamic basis of availability analysis are dealt with by Moran (Availability Analysis, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1982). He applies the method to a cooling tower, heat pump, a cryogenic process, coal gasification, and particularly to the efficient use of fuels. 

Cabral, B. F. A. Winter Operation of Mechanical Draft Cooling Towers, Heat Transfer Survey (1974). 

Figure 2 is a photograph of a large, complex plant. Plants such as this contain reactor furnaces, distillation towers, heat exchangers, separators, dryers, compressors, and various other units as required by the specific feedstock and product distribution achieved. Figure 3 shows a simplified diagram of a plant. 

A simplified flow diagram for this segment of the process is shown in Figure 4, and thermodynamic analysis in Table III. The refrigerated exchangers and cold box represent about 30% of the lost work of the process. However, the tower itself has a very high percentage of the lost work in the system. Thus the details of the tower heat and material balance were examined in search of ways to improve its efficiency. 

Energy systems (boilers, cooling towers, heat exchangers, etc.)... 

Tower linings, baffles, separator towers, heat exchanger tubing Bubble-tower parts for petroleum refining, pump rods and valves, machine parts, turbine blades... 

Other additional alkali metal vapor applications include Cs and Rb for atomic clocks (, ) and gettering ( ), Na for solar tower heat transfer ( ) and K for a boiler topping cycle (32). 

A continuous version of-this process is used in Germany (Rg. 15-27). Molten caprolactam, catalyst, and stabilizer are metered into the top of a tower heated to 25Q-260°C by a heat-exchange liquid and maintained at atmospheric pressure. The product slowly passes down through perforated plates in the column as polymerization occurs and is continubusly drawn off at the bottom and metered to spinning machines. This product contains 10 per cent monomer, and the final fiber must be extracted to remove the monomer. 

The same principle applies to blast furnace stoves and to the multiple-tower heat recovery units positioned around the periphery of vertical cylindrical incinerators for waste gases or liquids. For furnaces with lower temperature waste gases, such as boilers or steam generators, a Ljungstrom all-metal recuperator, rotating on a vertical shaft, is used. 

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