Experimental Study Of Wind Effects On The Airflow Of Natural Draft Wet Cooling Towers

Amur, GQ; Madadnia, J

Experimental Study Of Wind Effects On The Airflow Of Natural Draft Wet Cooling Towers

Amur, GQ Madadnia, J

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Publisher:: HEFAT
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT2010), 2010, pp. 286 - 291
Issue Date:: 2010-01

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dc.contributor.author	Amur, GQ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Madadnia, J	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Meyer, JP	en_US
dc.date	2010-07-19	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT2010), 2010, pp. 286 - 291	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-86854-818-7	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/16354
dc.description.abstract	Natural draft cooling towers may enhance the overall performance of a thermal or a nuclear power station by providing coolant water to the condenser at a reduced temperature. The cooling tower thermal performance and its air flow inside the tower are influenced by the prevailing cross winds which in turn are amplified or damped by the flowconditioning characteristics of surrounding structures, building and terrains in the relative proximity and orientation to the tower. These characteristics were investigated in the No-1 cooling tower at the Mount Piper Power Station near Sydney in Australia. The tower was instrumented using thermocouples and directional anemometers to measure air velocities and temperatures both inside and outside of the tower over three months period. The test results have indicated that surrounding structures and their relative orientations to the tower and wind directions affect on the air flow rate inside a tower and should be considered at the design stage.	en_US
dc.publisher	HEFAT	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT2010)	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics	en_US
dc.title	Experimental Study Of Wind Effects On The Airflow Of Natural Draft Wet Cooling Towers	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Antalya, Turkey	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Antalya, Turkey	en_US
utslib.for	0913 Mechanical Engineering	en_US
dc.location.activity	Antalya, Turkey	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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Abstract:

Natural draft cooling towers may enhance the overall performance of a thermal or a nuclear power station by providing coolant water to the condenser at a reduced temperature. The cooling tower thermal performance and its air flow inside the tower are influenced by the prevailing cross winds which in turn are amplified or damped by the flowconditioning characteristics of surrounding structures, building and terrains in the relative proximity and orientation to the tower. These characteristics were investigated in the No-1 cooling tower at the Mount Piper Power Station near Sydney in Australia. The tower was instrumented using thermocouples and directional anemometers to measure air velocities and temperatures both inside and outside of the tower over three months period. The test results have indicated that surrounding structures and their relative orientations to the tower and wind directions affect on the air flow rate inside a tower and should be considered at the design stage.

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