Air-cooled heat exchangers and cooling towers / by Detlev G. Kröger

Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface List of Symbols 1 Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers and Cooling Towers Introduction Cooling Towers Air-cooled Heat Exchangers Dry/Wet and Wet/Dry Cooling Systems Conservation Equations References 2 Fluid Mechanics Introduction Viscous Flow Flow in Ducts Losses in Duct Systems Manifolds Drag Flow through Screens or Gauzes Two-phase Flow References 3 Heat Transfer Introduction Modes of Heat Transfer Heat Transfer in Ducts Extended Surfaces Condensation Heat Exchangers References 4 Mass Transfer and Evaporative Cooling Introduction Mass Transfer Heat and Mass Transfer in Wet-cooling Towers Fills or Packs Effectiveness-NTU Method Applied to Evaporative System Closed-Circuit Evaporative Cooler Rain Zone Drift Eliminators Spray and Adiabatic Cooling Visible Plume Abatemen t References 5 Heat Transfer Surfaces Introduction Finned Surfaces Test Facilities and Procedures Interpretation of Experimental Data Presentation of Data Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Correlations Oblique Flow through Heat Exchangers Corrosion, Erosion and Fouling Thermal Contact and Gap Resistance Free Stream Turbulence Non-uniform Flow and Temperature Distribution References APPENDICES A Properties of Fluids B Temperature Correction Factor C Conversion Factors D Contents, Volume II