WANG Weishu, GAO Ming, WANG Mingyong, et al. Synergistic optimization study of cooling tower packing and non-uniform water distribution[J]. Thermal power generation, 2023, 52(5): 100-106.
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WANG Weishu, GAO Ming, WANG Mingyong, et al. Synergistic optimization study of cooling tower packing and non-uniform water distribution[J]. Thermal power generation, 2023, 52(5): 100-106. DOI: 10.19666/j.rlfd.202212293.
Synergistic optimization study of cooling tower packing and non-uniform water distribution
In order to improve the cooling performance of cooling tower
this study takes a 300 MW unit cooling tower in the north as an example
establishes a 3D numerical calculation model of cooling tower
compares the effect of non-equal packing in two and three zones on the outlet tower water temperature
determines the optimal radius dividing point
and cooperates with non-uniform water distribution for optimization
analyzes the effect of different optimization schemes on the air flow rate
tower water temperature and ventilation volume in the outlet tower. The results show that the cooling performance is improved with the exit tower water temperature of 31.798 ℃and 31.696 ℃ under the non-equally spaced packing in the second and third divisions
respectively. The coupling optimization of non-equally spaced packing with non-uniform water distribution significantly improves the uniformity of aerodynamic and temperature fields. With the increase of water distribution in the inner zone
the outlet water temperature and ventilation volume both show a trend of first increase and then decrease
and the optimal water distribution in the inner zone is 50%
and the outlet tower water temperature is 31.36 ℃ and ventilation volume is 7 122.8 kg/s. Compared with 26 mm and 30 mm equidistant packing arrangement
after collaborative optimization
the water temperature of the tower is reduced by 0.768 ℃ and 0.83 ℃
respectively
and the cooling performance is significantly improved.