in this paper the changes in the heat capacity of cooling towers has been investigated as a result of injecting combustion products of boilers. in the tower, the air is re-heated through mixing with hot flue gas after passing through the heat exchangers. as a result of this process, the draft of the cooling tower is increased. the additional produced draft depends on the ambient temperature and...

response surface methodology (rsm) was employed to determine the optimum processing conditions leading to maximum anthocyanin, phenolic compound and antioxidant activity during osmo-ultrasonic pretreatment followed by hot air drying of black cherry fruit. temperature (40, 50 and 60ºc), sucrose content (40, 50 and 60% w/v) and ultrasound frequency (0, 65 and 130 khz) were the factors investigate...

introduction climate is a system consisting of atmosphere, lithosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. this system is involved in the exchange of energy and moisture among these five components. the exchanges link the atmosphere as the central component of the climate to other spheres. changes do not occur separately in this system; rather change in one component contributes to reactio...

Aiming at simulating air-heating systems, two algorithms were developed for the calculation of finned elliptical-tube heat exchangers, whose basic difference lies in the kind of hot fluid employed: saturated steam or hot liquid. In both cases, a crossflow unit, in which the cold fluid is mixed and always flows on the shell side, is considered. The hot fluid may exhibit multiple passes in the tu...

Wood darkening and kiln brown stain (KBS) in kiln drying has caused significant economic loss to the wood processing industry which. Although extensive studies have been performed, feasible drying techniques have not yet been developed to economically produce bright, pale colour wood from commercial drying. The current work research has been conducted to dry radiata pine sapwood in hot air and ...

Recent EU legislation has placed a focus on the assessment of environmental pollutants and informing the public of their own exposure levels. This paper investigates the possibility of using a network of sensors to monitor pollutants using Dublin city as a test case. Air and noise pollution are modelled and the distribution of network nodes is determined from prediction results with a focus on ...