Performance tests and cooling effect distribution of the V.P.I. forced draft cooling tower

Test data of forced draft cooling towers is all too meager, and that available is, in many instances, incomplete. It is the opinion of the authors that putting cooling tower design on a rational basis can be brought about only by two methods. Either complete and intensive study of all existing towers or a thorough study of models, similar to the research conducted on airplanes in wind tunnels and on boat hulls in towing tanks, is necessary. Models used should be so constructed that quantity, condition, and velocity of air; quantity and condition of water; and type and arrangement of filling may be controlled. It is by the second method that the authors believe rational tower design may best be brought about.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Mechanical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1939

Authors dc:creator

• Biddle, Richard Scull
• Fisher, Wilson Hunt

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• O'Shaughnessy, Louis

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Ellis, W. S.
• Norris, Earle Bertram

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-02062013-040141

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/40949