فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

The thermal and combined-cycle power plants generally consist of several steam-electric power stations which are made and installed next to each other. Each steam-electric power station has a separate cooling tower that is responsible for heat loss of steam output from the same station. The cooling towers are built sides by sides that will be under the effect of each other during the wind blowing of the surrounding environment. Some studies works have shown the unfavorable effects of wind arises two factors of the vortex flow around the radiators and tilting the exhaust plume of their flues. They purposed in order to reduce these effects use windbreak wall next to the radiators or tilting the exhaust plume. This study use both purposes simultaneously, considering a tilting the exhaust plume with elliptical cross section, a dry cooling tower is simulated. The results are compared with the obtained results whit a simple cooling tower with circular section in two cases; no wind conditions and a wind of 3 m/s speed. This comparison shows that the cooling tower with elliptical cross exposing front of wind has better performance. A more examination of the results it reveals that the cooling tower with elliptical cross section with a diameter ratio of 2:1 is determined a optimum cross section which in compared of circular cross section has 12% higher efficiency.