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Simulation numérique de l’hydrodynamique dans les garnissages de tours de refroidissement.

Numerical simulation of hydrodynamics in wet cooling tower packings.

Auteurs : JOURDAN N., KANNICHE M., NEVEUX T., POTIER O.

Type d'article : Article de la RIF

Résumé

Wet cooling towers are used in many industrial processes but hydrodynamic behaviour of air-water counter flows in towers packing remains unknown. Hydrodynamics is directly linked with main operating issues (e.g. packing fouling reducing cooling efficiency). The objective of this work is to use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to characterize local hydrodynamic parameters such as water film thickness, velocity or wall shear stress and system scale parameters such as wetting rate or interfacial area. After a theoretical study of fluid mechanics, Volume of Fluid (VOF) simulations, with dedicated models for air/water interface capture and solid/liquid contact angle, successfully reproduced water falling films on packing surface. Simulations allowed the calculation of main water flow local and system parameters. The results have pointed out trends of increasing liquid film thicknesses and wetting rates with increasing water flowrate in agreement with experimental observations. A correlation of the interfacial area has been proposed as a function of the hydrodynamic adimensional numbers to characterize transfer phenomena in the considered packing.

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Pages : 194-204

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  • Titre original : Numerical simulation of hydrodynamics in wet cooling tower packings.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 30031968
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Sujet : Technologie
  • Source : International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 153
  • Date d'édition : 09/2023
  • DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2023.05.022

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