The influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers.

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dc.contributor.advisorKroger, D. G.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDu Preez, Abraham Francoisen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering.
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-29T12:49:36Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T08:21:20Z
dc.date.available2009-09-29T12:49:36Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T08:21:20Z
dc.date.issued1992-12
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD (Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 1992.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe effect of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers is studied by means of isothermal model tests, a numerical simulation and full scale measurements. The action of the wind on such towers is found to be complex and is influenced by a number of different parameters including the wind speed, the shape of the approaching wind profile, the inlet diameter to the inlet height ratio of the tower, the tower height, the shape of the tower shell, the pressure loss coefficient of the heat exchangers and the amount of heat rejected by the tower. For a horizontal arrangement of the heat exchangers the wind effect on the tower is shown to be strongly dependent on both the shape and pressure loss coefficient of the tower supports. In practical cooling towers the heat exchangers are either arranged horizontally in the inlet cross-section of the tower or vertically around the circumference of the tower and the wind effect is found to be dependent on the particular layout. The wind effect on a tower is furthermore found to increase if the heat exchangers are arranged in the form of A-frames. Additional reductions in the heat rejection rate of the tower are caused by a non-uniform air temperature distribution inside the tower and flow distortions through the heat exchanger. Significant reductions in the wind effect on a cooling tower can be achieved by installing windbreak walls below the heat exchangers if the latter are arranged horizontally in the tower inlet.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1426
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Stellenbosch
dc.subjectDissertations -- Mechanical engineering
dc.subjectTheses -- Mechanical engineering
dc.subject.lcshCooling towers -- Climatic factorsen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshHeat exchangers -- Coolingen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshWindsen_ZA
dc.titleThe influence of cross-winds on the performance of natural draft dry-cooling towers.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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