Most evaporative cooling towers are arranged on building roof due to the limitation of space and noise,and acoustic barriers are always installed around cooling towers in practical applications.The existence of acoust...Most evaporative cooling towers are arranged on building roof due to the limitation of space and noise,and acoustic barriers are always installed around cooling towers in practical applications.The existence of acoustic barriers and crosswind may affect the recirculation phenomenon which is directly related to the operating performance of cooling towers.In this study,a physical and mathematical computation model is proposed to research the crosswind and distance between acoustic barriers and inlet of cooling towers.Both sensible and latent heat are considered in this research.The reflux flow rate and performance ratio are obtained to evaluate the recirculation and operating performance,respectively.The results show that the higher the crosswind velocity,the larger the reflux flow rate,and the lower the performance ratio of cooling tower groups.For high crosswind velocity,the presence of acoustic barriers is useful to inhibit reflux and improve operating performance,especially for ICE cooling tower groups.In addition,the optimum values are recommended for LiBrllCE cooling tower groups in the research cases The variation of reflux flow rate and performance ratio with the acoustic barriers' distance presents a parabolic tendency.展开更多
文摘Most evaporative cooling towers are arranged on building roof due to the limitation of space and noise,and acoustic barriers are always installed around cooling towers in practical applications.The existence of acoustic barriers and crosswind may affect the recirculation phenomenon which is directly related to the operating performance of cooling towers.In this study,a physical and mathematical computation model is proposed to research the crosswind and distance between acoustic barriers and inlet of cooling towers.Both sensible and latent heat are considered in this research.The reflux flow rate and performance ratio are obtained to evaluate the recirculation and operating performance,respectively.The results show that the higher the crosswind velocity,the larger the reflux flow rate,and the lower the performance ratio of cooling tower groups.For high crosswind velocity,the presence of acoustic barriers is useful to inhibit reflux and improve operating performance,especially for ICE cooling tower groups.In addition,the optimum values are recommended for LiBrllCE cooling tower groups in the research cases The variation of reflux flow rate and performance ratio with the acoustic barriers' distance presents a parabolic tendency.
