Thermal Science 2019 Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages: 2471-2475
https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI1904471Q
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Water saving performance and macro fluid analysis of a new cyclonic water collector
Qiu Li (College of Textile and Light Industry, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)
Chen Xiao-Dong (College of Textile and Light Industry, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)
Hu Shao-Jie (Inner Mongolia Dazhi Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)
Power and chemical plants entail serious water loss during their operation.
In order to save water by alleviating the loss of the circulating water in
the cooling tower, a FLUENT simulation is performed to design and analyze a
cyclonic water collector. The geometrical structure of the collector was
such designed that the trajectory of the steam is optimized. The turbulence
caused by the collector increases the possibility for collisions between
water molecules, and the accumulation of tiny drops could be recycled. The
results of the numerical simulation and the experiment verification
demonstrate the ability of the proposed device to save much water.
Furthermore, the mechanisms for water recycling and water saving are
elucidated clearly through the gas-liquid coupling of the circulating water
and cooling water. The present theory gives deep insights into the
optimization of water-saving facilities and improvement of water-saving
efficiency.
Keywords: cooling tower, water collector, fluent simulation, turbulence