Cooling tower plume abatement and plume modeling: a review

S Li, MR Flynn - Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - Springer
Visible plumes above wet cooling towers are of great concern due to the associated
aesthetic and environmental impacts. The parallel path wet/dry cooling tower is one of the …

Formation, potential and abatement of plume from wet cooling towers: A review

SK Tyagi, AK Pandey, PC Pant, VV Tyagi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2012 - Elsevier
In recent years the visible impact of the release from wet cooling tower to the atmosphere
has become a matter of greater concern. In the past visible plumes were accepted as the …

A hybrid cooling tower model for plume abatement and performance analysis

A Zargar, A Kodkani, B Vickers, MR Flynn… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
A one-dimensional model of a hybrid cooling tower and its atmospheric plume is presented
with the aim of studying plume abatement, water consumption and cooling performance. To …

Investigation on the influence of injection direction on the spray cooling performance in natural draft dry cooling tower

Y Sun, Z Guan, H Gurgenci, K Hooman, X Li… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
In arid areas, natural draft dry cooling tower (NDDCT) has become the primary choice in
concentrating solar thermal power plants due to its advantages of low water consumption …

Investigation on feasible zone of nozzle spray for pre-cooling the inlet air of natural draft dry cooling tower

H Pang, C Zhao, S Cheng, M Wang, Q Gao… - Thermal Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nozzle spray pre-cooling the inlet air can improve the thermal performance of natural draft
dry cooling towers (NDDCTs). Nozzle arrangement is of great importance for achieving good …

A study on multi-nozzle arrangement for spray cooling system in natural draft dry cooling tower

Y Sun, Z Guan, H Gurgenci, X Li, K Hooman - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural draft dry cooling tower (NDDCT) technology is especially attractive to power plants
built in arid regions with limited water resource. However, high ambient temperature in …

Experimental analysis of the performance of new alternative materials for cooling tower fill

ACC Tomás, SDO Araujo, MD Paes, ARM Primo… - Applied Thermal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cooling towers are devices that are commonly used to dissipate the heat produced in power
generation units, central air conditioners and industrial processes. The fill is an important …

Desalination of seawater by spray freezing in a natural draft tower

Y Liu, T Ming, Y Wu, R de Richter, Y Fang, N Zhou - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
The freeze-melting process can be a viable method for the purposes of desalination
because of its low energy consumption, ignorable corrosion issues, and without huge …

Investigation on the control mechanism of spray pre-cooling the inlet air of natural draft dry cooling tower

S He, Y Li, M Wang, A Wang, AM Alkhedhair… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spray pre-cooling the inlet air can improve the thermal performance of natural draft dry
cooling towers (NDDCTs). To achieve the purpose of good performance improvement with …

The influence of windbreak wall orientation on the cooling performance of small natural draft dry cooling towers

Y Lu, H Gurgenci, Z Guan, S He - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2014 - Elsevier
While crosswind has a negative influence on natural draft dry cooling towers (NDDCTs) of
all sizes, the influence may be fatal for short towers (height< 30 m) proposed for geothermal …