The influence of surface roughness on the hydrodynamics of the falling water film in cooling towers
Abstract
This paper sets out the results of experiments for falling film at Rew = 70 ... 340 in the vertical channel of two coaxial tubes, ∅\varnothing∅ 37/17 mm, 1 m high, for a countercurrent air flow with Reair = 2200 ... 104. Subject to investigation was falling film on smooth and capillary-porous wall surfaces at constant film thickness greater than the height of the capillary-porous coating (0.3 mm). It was established that film thickness is weakly dependent on the velocity of the countercurrent airflow at w\ w w air = 1.7…7.3 m/s. The water concentration on a smooth surface is 2 times higher at the same film thickness. The results of flooding in a channel with a smooth wall surface confirm the validity of the Wallis equation with deviation up to 20%.References
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Published
2020-06-11
How to Cite
KUZMENKO, Igor; GOURJII, Alexandre.
The influence of surface roughness on the hydrodynamics of the falling water film in cooling towers.
Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 100, n. 2, p. 152-160, june 2020.
ISSN 2083-4195.
Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1579>. Date accessed: 19 apr. 2024.
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Section
Power Plant
Keywords
falling film, countercurrent flow, capillary-porous wall surface, film thickness
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