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Analysis of the Effect of Range and Approach on the Effectiveness of the Cooler Cooling Tower in a Rubber Compound Factory

Norman IskandarMechanical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, IndonesiaAfrio Yandra ArvabugiMechanical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, IndonesiaSulardjakaMechanical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Semarang, Indonesia

Vol 7 No 11 (2023): Volume 7, Issue 11, November 2023 | Pages: 411-416

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 17-11-2023

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Abstract

Cooling Tower or cooling tower is a tool used to cool the temperature of the water flow, which becomes hot because it is used as a cooling medium for a machine. The effectiveness of cooling in a cooling tower is influenced by the Range and Approach values, where the Range value explains the difference in water temperature entering and leaving the cooling tower, while the Approach explains the difference in water temperature leaving the cooling tower and the ambient wet-bulb temperature. In one Rubber Compound Factory, there is a Cooling Tower which is used to cool the warm water that comes out of the condenser on the machines in the factory. This research aims to assess the effectiveness of cooling tower cooling. The analytical method is used by taking daily monitoring data on the cooling tower. In this research, the average effectiveness value of the cooling tower was 72.10%.

Keywords

Cooling tower, cooling effectiveness, rubber compound factories


Citation of this Article

Norman Iskandar, Afrio Yandra Arvabugi, Sulardjaka, “Analysis of the Effect of Range and Approach on the Effectiveness of the Cooler Cooling Tower in a Rubber Compound Factory” Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology - IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 11, pp 411-416, November 2023. Article DOI https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2023.711055

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