E3S Web of Conferences (Jan 2019)

The modelling of power plant’s evaporative cooling tower operation taking into account hydrometeorological conditions

  • Solovyev Alexander,
  • Solovyev Dmitriy,
  • Shilova Liubov,
  • Adamtsevich Aleksey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201911600081
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 116
p. 00081

Abstract

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The paper aims to perform numerical modelling of the operation of large-scale evaporative cooling towers of power plants considering dynamically changing hydrometeorological conditions. The proposed modelling was performed based on the developed mathematical algorithm for studying the influence of turbulent vortex motions on the processes of atmospheric cooling of circulating water in countercurrent cooling towers of power plants. According to the simulation results, the optimal heat exchange modes of cooling towers operation are determined and recommendations for the practical implementation of measures to improve their thermal efficiency in hot periods of the year are proposed.