Abstract

Abstract A prototype cooling tower was used to explore the potential of using cooling towers compared with radiator cooling systems with 3 MW diesel engines. The working parameters were the water mass flow rate, water inlet temperature, air mass flow rate, and humidity ratio. The water mass flow rate was relatively the most effective. Three methods of calculation were used to evaluate performance—namely, heat and mass balance, psychrometric chart, and the heat and mass transfer method. The first was the best in comparison with experiments. The economic analysis of both the cooling tower and radiator systems showed that it would be more economical in the long run to use cooling towers for diesel engines.

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