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Optimizing a Cooling‐Condensing Tower
Author(s) -
Solà Cervera Jose L.,
Daniel Andreas,
Hoffmann Karin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201800076
Subject(s) - cooling tower , flue gas , tower , mass transfer , work (physics) , process engineering , heat transfer , environmental science , condensation , investment (military) , packed bed , waste management , engineering , water cooling , mechanical engineering , mechanics , thermodynamics , chemistry , chemical engineering , structural engineering , chromatography , physics , politics , political science , law
Abstract Heat recovery from a flue gas stream by cooling and condensation in a packed bed column is widely used to increase plant's energy efficiency. Mass transfer equipment manufacturers have the possibility to optimize the size of such cooling towers and therefore its derived investment costs through selection of best suitable mass/heat transfer components. In this work, a real industrial design case of a cooling‐condensing tower equipped with different high capacity random and structured packings is presented. The impact of the selected packings on tower dimensions and investment costs is evaluated and discussed.