Hygroscopic Cooling Tower for Reduced HVAC Water Consumption

Abstract

The focus of this project is to improve the trade-off between water consumption and cooling efficiency in cooling towers used for heat rejection from various processes, including building HVAC loads; data center cooling; power generation; and various other industrial purposes. Conventional wet cooling towers are a common infrastructure component at DoD facilities (estimated at over 4000 individual towers), and each can be a significant consumer of water.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 18, 2018
Accession Number
AD1069160

Entities

People

  • Christopher L. Martin

Organizations

  • University of North Dakota

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Data Centers
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Management Personnel
  • Test Facilities
  • United States
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Industrial Economics