[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 …

Rapid deposition analysis of inhaled aerosols in human airways

H Sadafi, W De Backer, G Krestin, J De Backer - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
A rapid data-driven method for determining regional deposition of inhaled medication
aerosols in human airways is presented, which is patient specific. Inhalation patterns, device …

The adoption of windbreak wall partially rotating to improve thermo-flow performance of natural draft dry cooling tower under crosswind

H Ma, F Si, K Zhu, J Wang - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
To reduce the adverse effect of crosswind on thermo-flow performance of the natural draft
dry cooling tower (NDDCT), a novel type of external flat windbreak walls is introduced …

An exploratory research on performance improvement of super-large natural draft wet cooling tower based on the reconstructed dry-wet hybrid rain zone, part 2 …

Z Zhang, M Wang, Y Liu, M Gao, S He, Y Shi - International Journal of Heat …, 2020 - Elsevier
To enhance the performance of the super-large natural draft wet cooling towers (S-
NDWCTs), and finally to achieve the goal of energy-saving in thermal systems, the dry-wet …

Analysis of the performance of direct contact heat exchange systems for application in mine waste heat recovery

H Kalantari, L Amiri… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their relatively high thermal effectiveness and ease‐of‐use, direct contact heat
exchange units are a favorable choice in heat recovery applications. Today, spray‐based …

Effect of cooling water salinity on the cooling performance of natural draft wet cooling tower

D Wan, S Gao, M Liu, S Li, Y Zhao - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2020 - Elsevier
To clarify the effect of the cooling water salinity on the cooling performance of natural draft
wet cooling tower (NDWCT) and relevant impact mechanisms, a three-dimensional (3D) …

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 …

Evaporation induced demixing in binary sessile drops

H Sadafi, R Rabani, S Dehaeck, H Machrafi… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2020 - Elsevier
The interplay between evaporation and liquid–liquid phase separation (demixing) in binary
sessile drops of partially miscible liquids is investigated. To determine the onset of the …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical study of an ultrasonic spray atomiser as an evaporative cooler

P Navarro, J Ruiz, P Martínez, M Lucas - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Pre-cooling the inlet air of an air conditioning condenser through evaporative cooling has
proven highly effective in enhancing performance. Previous works focused on utilising an …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation on influence of noise barrier on thermal performance for natural draft wet cooling towers

Z Zheng, D Zhang, L Jiang, Z Zhang, S He… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The noise barrier installed around the natural draft wet cooling tower can reduce the
operating noise, but it will lead to an adverse effect on the thermal performance of the tower …