Sizing
Cooling towers - Indirect cooling towers

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Cooling towers - Indirect cooling towers

Author : Renaud FEIDT

Publication date: October 10, 2011, Review date: March 21, 2017 | Lire en français

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3. Sizing

3.1 Input data required for sizing

In order to design a device adapted to the needs of the site, with controlled purchase and operating costs, you need to know :

  • the hourly quantity of heat to be removed Q (J/h) ;

  • cooling water flow rate q vr (m 3 /h) ;

  • the temperature drop of this water ΔT = T e2 – T e1 (K) ;

    knowing that these three data are linked by the following relationship :

    Q=4,18×106qvrΔT
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