Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering (설비공학논문집)

The Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea (대한설비공학회)
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Program Development for the Prediction of Cooling Tower Performance

냉각탑 성능 예측을 위한 프로그램 개발

  • Jung, Jaehyung (Seoul Mechanical Engineering Dept. KEPCO Engineering and Construction Co.,LTD) ;
  • Jung, Jaihyun (Seoul Mechanical Engineering Dept. KEPCO Engineering and Construction Co.,LTD) ;
  • Choi, Young Ki (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungang University)
  • 정재형 (한국전력기술 원자력 기계기술그룹) ;
  • 정재현 (한국전력기술 원자력 기계기술그룹) ;
  • 최영기 (중앙대학교 기계공학부)
  • Received : 2013.09.13
  • Accepted : 2014.01.24
  • Published : 2014.03.10
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Abstract

The present study is performed to set up the framework of cooling tower performance predictions. The performance of mechanical forced draft cooling tower is directly related to the state of a nuclear power plant system, such as the condenser and evaporator. The main parameters related to the state of systems are as follows : wet bulb temperature, dry bulb temperature and absolute humidity. The performance evaluation of cooling tower must be considered at the power plant design. In this study, the toolkit developed by the American Cooling Tower Industry association (CTI) has been used for the framework construction. In order to validate the framework, it is being applied to the cooling tower constructed for the U.S. Nuclear Power Plant. The test results have shown good agreements with the cold water temperature on the cooling tower performance curves provided by manufacturers.

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