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DOI	10.1016/j.energy.2018.11.111
	Spray cooling system design and optimization for cooling performance enhancement of natural draft dry cooling tower in concentrated solar power plants
	Sun, Yubiao; Guan, Zhigiang; Gurgenci, Hal; Wang, Jianyong; Dong, Peixin; Hooman, Kamel
通讯作者	Sun, Yubiao
来源期刊	ENERGY
ISSN	0360-5442
EISSN	1873-6785
出版年	2019
卷号	168 页码:273-284
英文摘要	In concentrated solar power (CSP) plants built in dry and arid areas, natural draft dry cooling tower (NDDCT) are commonly employed to dissipate waste heat into the atmosphere. The cooling performance of NDDCT mainly depends on the induced air flow caused by the buoyancy effect. However, the high ambient temperature in summers reduce the cooling efficiency of dry cooling towers and cause significant power loss for CSP plants. To address this problem, spray cooling system utilizing water evaporation was developed to pre-cool the inlet hot air. Different designs of spray cooling systems were proposed and tested on a 20 m high experimental tower. Experimental data were collected to evaluate the performance of the spray cooling system. To our knowledge, this is the world's first attempt to practice spray cooling on a full-scale natural draft dry cooling tower. This study confirms the feasibility and effectiveness of employing spray cooling for cooling performance enhancement of NDDCT. With the goal of maximal cooling effect with least water consumption, the optimal design was proposed, which consists of 3 upward injections at the low level (Height = 2 m), 2 counterflow injections at the middle level (H = 3 m) and 3 counterflow injections at the high level (H = 4 m). The cooling capacity of NDDCT increases from 789 kW to 841.73 kW, as the result of an intensified natural convection. Moreover, in the spray zone, the presence of a low-temperature area is featured by high relative humidity (70%-80%). The intensified natural convection caused by pre-cooled air and the presence of high vapour concentration are attributed to spray evaporation, which confirms the necessity to introduce the spray cooling system. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Concentrated solar power Natural convection Cooling tower Spray cooling Droplet evaporation
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Australia
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000459952200023
WOS关键词	INLET AIR ; WATER SPRAY ; NUMERICAL-SIMULATION ; MEDIA ; CROSSWIND
WOS类目	Thermodynamics ; Energy & Fuels
WOS研究方向	Thermodynamics ; Energy & Fuels
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/215355
作者单位	Univ Queensland, Sch Mech & Min Engn, Queensland Geothermal Energy Ctr Excellence, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Yubiao,Guan, Zhigiang,Gurgenci, Hal,et al. Spray cooling system design and optimization for cooling performance enhancement of natural draft dry cooling tower in concentrated solar power plants[J],2019,168:273-284.
APA	Sun, Yubiao,Guan, Zhigiang,Gurgenci, Hal,Wang, Jianyong,Dong, Peixin,&Hooman, Kamel.(2019).Spray cooling system design and optimization for cooling performance enhancement of natural draft dry cooling tower in concentrated solar power plants.ENERGY,168,273-284.
MLA	Sun, Yubiao,et al."Spray cooling system design and optimization for cooling performance enhancement of natural draft dry cooling tower in concentrated solar power plants".ENERGY 168(2019):273-284.