Abstract
Based on the design and measured data of one actual tower, a three-dimensional numerical model for a natural draft dry cooling tower (NDDCT) was created and validated under constant heat load. This enabled the performance improvement mechanism of air equalizing on vertical delta-type radiators (VDRs) to be clarified by detailed analysis of key parameters, such as the exit water temperature, heat transfer coefficient, and mass airflow. Under the impact of typical ambient crosswind, all VDRs were retrofitted with air-side-equalizing devices. It was found that the exit water temperatures of the whole NDDCT decreased by 0.865 °C, 0.593 °C and 0.186 °C under the studied ambient crosswind speeds of 2.5 m/s, 4 m/s and 12 m/s, respectively. The performance improvement mechanism of air-side equalizing was investigated for three VDRs, which were located on the upwind, tower lateral, and downwind sides under crosswind impacts. Besides the studied VDRs, the performance of the neighboring VDRs behind them was also improved by the optimized aerodynamic field and the reduced hot wind recirculation around them. In addition, the average heat transfer coefficients of the VDRs were enhanced, which could lay the foundation for improving the cooling performance of thermodynamic devices with VDRs.
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