Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Fill Materials in Cooling Towers

Abstract

The cooling water system is the industry’s primary way of conserving water. Modern water cooling towers were invented during the industrial age to dissipate heat when natural cooling water sources were available. The origin of cooling towers made the plant site selection independent of the availability of water source. The development of new, high efficiency film fills produced from light weights, flame retarded PVC reduces the size and weight of cross flow cooling towers. Today’s cooling tower combine the latest advanced materials to achieve the optimum balancing of High corrosion resistance, product durability and cost. Based on their specific functions, cooling tower components are designed using the materials with the best combination of corrosion resistance and physical properties. In this work, the coefficient of performance is determined by using Simpson’s rule and the performance of cooling tower at various L/G ratios is evaluated. The optimum approach of the tower is calculated.