Visit the Energy Systems Laboratory Homepage.
Cooling Tower Operation in the Hot and Humid Climates of Arid Zones
Abstract
Air-conditioning (A/C) in Kuwait is a necessity for
comfortable living as the summer is extremely hot.
Dry weather for most of the summer months reflects
the effectiveness of using water-cooled (WC)
systems. Cooling towers (C/Ts) at a Ministry
building in Kuwait were monitored and evaluated
under actual operating conditions. Experimental
results, weather data, and theoretical studies are used
to demonstrate the effect of current operational
practices on electrical power and water consumption.
The performance of C/Ts has been evaluated under
different operating conditions with different airflows
through the C/T. It has been established that the use
of a large flow of air, though helpful in providing
cooler water temperatures, and thereby, improving
the performance of the A/C system, increases the fan
power and water consumption. The latter is of
special concern to Kuwait and other countries in the
region where the soft water is produced through
seawater desalination.
Citation
Al-Bassam, E.; Maheshwari, G. P.; Sebzali, M. (2000). Cooling Tower Operation in the Hot and Humid Climates of Arid Zones. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /6817.