[HTML][HTML] Thermal performance and emissions analysis of a new cooling tower prototype

J Ruiz, P Navarro, M Hernández, M Lucas… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The design of a wet cooling tower involves a number of trade-offs including the efficiency of
the device to remove waste heat (thermal performance) and environmental aspects …

Performance analysis and multi-objective optimization of mechanical draft wet cooling towers based on water saving, plume and cooling characteristics

W Deng, F Sun - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
To establish an efficient and clean cooling tower, a mechanical draft wet cooling tower
(MDWCT) with the condensation plume module is studied. A 3D mathematical model is …

Additive manufacturing and performance of functional hydraulic pump impellers in fused deposition modeling technology

S Fernández, M Jiménez… - Journal of …, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Would it be possible for an additively manufactured impeller of fused deposition modeling
(FDM) technology to have a functional behavior and a similar performance to that of the …

Experimental study of an ultrasonic mist generator as an evaporative cooler

P Martinez, J Ruiz, Í Martín, M Lucas - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents an ultrasonic mist generator used as an evaporative pre-cooler for air-
cooled condensers in air conditioning applications. Ultrasonic mist generators eliminate …

Numerical and experimental study on a single cone saline water spray in a wind tunnel

MH Sadafi, J Ruiz, M Lucas, I Jahn… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Pre-cooling of inlet air using water sprays is a promising approach to enhance the
performance of natural draft dry cooling towers. The present article investigates the usage of …

[HTML][HTML] Cooling towers influence in an urban environment: A predictive model to control and prevent Legionella risk and Legionellosis events

L Girolamini, E Brattich, F Marino, MR Pascale… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cooling towers (CTs) are used to dissipate excess heat from water by evaporation, common
in large facilities as hospital, companies, and hotels. The main risk attributed to CTs is …

Experimental and numerical investigation on the gas–liquid separation performance of a novel vane separator with grooves

J Wang, Z Ji, Z Liu - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel vane separator with grooves for use in natural gas purification processes was
proposed to improve the fine droplet removal efficiency (< 20 μm). In this study, an …

Experimental determination of drift and PM10 cooling tower emissions: Influence of components and operating conditions

J Ruiz, AS Kaiser, M Lucas - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Cooling tower emissions have become an increasingly common hazard to the environment
(air polluting, ice formation and salts deposition) and to the health (Legionella disease) in …

Experimental study on pressure loss and collection efficiency of drift eliminators

J Ruiz, CG Cutillas, AS Kaiser, B Zamora… - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Drift eliminators play a major role in cooling tower operation. They are designed to reduce
the discharge aerosols in their exhaust air stream to a minimum since inhaled airborne …

Experimental study of drift deposition from mechanical draft cooling towers in urban environments

J Ruiz, CG Cutillas, AS Kaiser, M Ballesta, B Zamora… - Energy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cooling towers are evaporative devices for removing heat in several applications such as air
conditioning in buildings and industrial processes. In this work a comprehensive experiment …