Conventional heat exchanger design methods and their applicability to thermoacoustics

1999 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 1012-1012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cila Herman
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Heat Exchanger Design

Design of Cooling Towers by the Effectiveness-NTU Method

1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 837-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Jaber ◽  
R. L. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Heat Exchanger ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Parallel Flow ◽  
Basic Method ◽  
Cooling Towers ◽  
Flow Configuration ◽  
Heat Exchanger Design

This paper develops the effectiveness-NTU design method for cooling towers. The definitions for effectiveness and NTU are totally consistent with the fundamental definitions used in heat exchanger design. Sample calculations are presented for counter and crossflow cooling towers. Using the proper definitions, a person competent in heat exchanger design can easily use the same basic method to design a cooling tower of counter, cross, or parallel flow configuration. The problems associated with the curvature of the saturated air enthalpy line are also treated. A “one-increment” design ignores the effect of this curvature. Increased precision can be obtained by dividing the cooling range into two or more increments. The standard effectiveness-NTU method is then used for each of the increments. Calculations are presented to define the error associated with different numbers of increments. This defines the number of increments required to attain a desired degree of precision. The authors also summarize the LMED method introduced by Berman, and show that this is totally consistent with the effectiveness-NTU method. Hence, using proper and consistent terms, heat exchanger designers are shown how to use either the standard LMED or effectiveness-NTU design methods to design cooling towers.

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