Download
Download eBook for Free
| Format | File Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| PDF file | 2.5 MB | Use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 10 or higher for the best experience. |
Purchase
Purchase Print Copy
| Format | List Price | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add to Cart | Paperback28 pages | $20.00 | $16.00 20% Web Discount |
An exploration of the potential cost and water-conserving possibilities of a new type of cooling tower for electricity generating power plants. The new tower concept is called the dry/spray tower. It is a "hybrid," acting as a water conserving dry tower during cooler weather and as a more efficient evaporative tower during hotter weather. As conceived, it would be designed as a modified dry tower, operating "dry" until the ambient temperature reached a certain point, above which water would be sprayed onto the heat exchanger to provide additional cooling by evaporation. For the preliminary study, 70 deg F was chosen as the "threshold" temperature.
This report is part of the RAND Corporation Report series. The report was a product of the RAND Corporation from 1948 to 1993 that represented the principal publication documenting and transmitting RAND's major research findings and final research.
This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to this product page is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.