Chemical Engineering - Mass Transfer - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Mass Transfer - Section 1 (Q.No. 4)
4.
The term "cooling range" in a cooling tower refers to the difference in the temperature of
cold water leaving the tower and the wet bulb temperature of the surrounding air.
hot water entering the tower and the wet bulb temperature of the surrounding air.
hot water entering the tower and the cooled water leaving the tower.
none of these
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Snehal said:   1 decade ago
Approach = Cooled water - Wet bulb temperature of air

Dhaval said:   1 decade ago
Cooling towers are heat removal devices used to transfer process waste heat to the atmosphere.
Range - The range is the temperature difference between the warm water inlet and cooled water exit.
Range = (T of hot water enter the tower- T of cooled water leaving the tower)


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