An approach based on the porous media model for numerical simulation of 3D finned-tubes heat exchanger

Z Li, Y Ding, Q Liao, M Cheng, X Zhu - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
Develo** efficient and compact heat exchangers is of important significance to improve
the energy utilization efficiency of entire society. 3D finned-tubes, as a kind of passive …

Thermo-economic analysis of the impact of the interaction between two neighboring dry cooling towers on power generation of dual thermal power units and the …

H Ma, L Cai, F Si - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermo-hydraulic behavior of the dry cooling tower and thermodynamic performance of the
power unit was coupled by a well-developed computational framework. The interaction …

Numerical study identifies the interaction between two adjacent dry cooling towers on fluid flow and heat transfer performances of the radiators at different points of …

H Ma, L Cai, F Si - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
A reliable thermal power plant in arid area usually has twin power-generating units
equipped with two dry cooling towers. For a twin-tower configuration, a three-dimensional …

Applying homotopy perturbation method to provide an analytical solution for Newtonian fluid flow on a porous flat plate

T Ghanbari Ashrafi, S Hoseinzadeh… - … Methods in the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This research work is going to apply the homotopy perturbation method to solve the problem
of flowing Newtonian fluid on a flat plate. For this purpose, initially, the problem, including …

Exploratory research on annular-arranged moist media to improve cooling capacity of natural draft dry cooling tower and thermo-flow characteristics of its radiators

H Ma, L Cai, F Si, J Wang - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
The well-arranged moist media should be a promising solution to improve the thermal
performance of the natural draft dry cooling tower (NDDCT) by the synchronous …

Analysis of a novel combined heat exchange strategy applied for cooling towers

Z Yu, C Sun, L Zhang, B Bao, Y Li, S Bu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Excessive heat transfer in cooling towers causes not only large evaporation loss, but also
the diffusion of rain-fog that brings problems of bacterial diffusion and environmental …

Numerical study on the effects of layout compactness of the annular-aligned moist media on thermo-hydraulic performance of an indirect dry cooling tower

H Ma, L Cai, F Si - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
It is necessary to address the low-efficiency operation of an indirect dry cooling tower (IDCT)
under adverse ambient conditions. Annular-aligned moist media outside the tower base is …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of the forced convection induced by assistant fans on the thermal performance of an indirect dry cooling system

H Ma, N Cai, L Cai, F Si - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Auxiliary forced convection induced by axial flow fans was introduced to improve the
ventilation and heat dissipation of a large-scale dry cooling tower under crosswinds. A …

[HTML][HTML] Heat-dum** capacity of natural draft cooling towers improved by artificial plume swirl

J Vashahri, S He, Y Lu - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
Approaches to mitigate high ambient temperature impacts on natural draft cooling towers
(NDCTs) have been extensively studied in the past two decades. Proposals like pre-cooling …

Numerical investigation of swirl effects on a short natural draft dry cooling tower under windless and crosswind conditions

Y Dai, Y Lu, AY Klimenko, Y Wang… - Applied thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Swirling motions have been proven to improve the thermal performance of short natural draft
dry cooling towers by reducing the cold air inflow and increasing the draft speed. However …