9.

DISCUSSION

The objective of this experiment is to determine the cooling load effect and effect of
different flow rate on the wet bulb approach and the pressure drop through the packing.
Experiment 6.2.2 was conducted to achieve this objective. In this experiment, there were three
trails which were 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 kW and the manipulated variable is cooling load. The flow rate
of the water was fixed at 1 LPM. The damper was kept fully opened. There are a few
measurements were recorded in the Table 7.1. For this experiment, there were a few graphs
plotted by analyzing the results.

Total cooling load vs heater load

80
60
Total cooling load(J/mol) 40

Total cooling
load(J/mol)

20
0
0 1 2
Heat load(kW)

Figure 9.1

Graph of Total Cooling Load versus Heat Load

Based on the Figure 9.1 above, the total cooling load is linearly proportional to the heater
load. The total cooling load increases when the amount of heater (Cooling Load) load increases.
The cooling load is the total amount of the heat energy that must removed from a system by
cooling mechanism in a unit time (Free Dictionary, n.d.). There are two types of cooling load
which are sensible cooling load and latent cooling load. The sensible cooling load refers to the
dry bulb temperature of the building while the latent cooling load refers to the wet bulb
temperature of the building.

Wet bulb approach vs heater load

1
0.5
Wet Bulb Approach(C)

0
012

wet bulb approach

-0.5
-1
Heat load(kW)

Figure 9.2

Graph of Wet Bulb Approach versus Heat Load

Figure 9.2 above showed that the wet bulb temperature approach is slight linearly
proportional to the heat load. It also showed that when the heat load increases, the wet bulb
approach also increases. The wet bulb approach is the difference in temperature between cooledwater temperature and entering-air temperature (Engineering Toolbox, n.d.). The lowest wet bulb
approach was -0.6C when the heater load at 0.5 kW. The value of the wet bulb approach was
drastically increases from -0.6C to 0.4C when the heater load is between 0.5 kW and 1.0 kW.

Column Pressure Drop vs Heater load

20
15
Column Pressure Drop(Pa) 10

Column Pressure
Drop

5
0
0 1 2
Heat load(kW)

Figure 9.3

Graph of Column Pressure Drop versus Heat Load

In Figure 9.3 showed that the amount of the column pressure drop was fluctuated. This is
because the amount of column pressure drop is not consistent when the amount of heater loads
were increases. The amount of column pressure drop was drastically decreases from 15 Pa to 8
Pa when the heater load was between 0.5 kW and 1.0 kW. Then, it suddenly increases to 12 Pa
when the heater load was between 1.0 kW and 1.5 kW. At the heater load was 1.0 kW show the
lowest amount of the column pressure drop.
Based on the results, it showed that the cooling range were increases from 7.4C to
16.4C when the heater load increases from 0.5 kW to 1.5 kW. The cooling range was
determined by calculated the difference between temperature of water in and temperature of
water out. The cooling tower effectiveness is decreases from 108.8% to 94.8%. Besides that, the
total cooling load was also increases from 31.0 J/mol to 68.6 J/mol as the heater load was
increases from 0.5 kW to 1.5 kW. The cooling tower is more efficient when the power input is
higher which can increase the cooling rate and the evaporation rate.

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CONCLUSION

In this experiment, it can be concluded that the relationship between the total cooling
load and heater load was achieved. This is because the graph of the total cooling load is linearly
proportional to the heater load. It showed that the total cooling load increases when the amount
of heater load increases. The amount of the cooling tower effectiveness decreases when the
amount of heater load increases because the high temperature of the hot water can decrease the
effectiveness of the cooling tower. The graph of the wet bulb temperature approach was slight
linearly proportional to the heater load. When the amount of heater load increases, the wet bulb
temperature was also increases. Then, the graph of the column pressure drop against heater load
was fluctuated. This is because the amount of column pressure drop was not consistent when the
amount of heater increases.

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RECOMMENDATION

There are a few recommendations should be done during the experiment is carried.
Make sure that the water used is enough or not because the amount of water will
decreases as the experiment is proceed.
Make sure the equipment is clean before start the experiment.
Make sure that the reading of the variables is stabled before record the reading.
Ensure that all the electrical devices are operates well before run the experiment because
it can affect the result.
Choose the right fill of packing because it can interrupt the experiment.

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REFERENCES

Cooling Load. (n.d.). Retrieved from Free Dictionary By Farlex:

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/cooling+load
Cooling Tower Effeciency. (n.d.). Retrieved from Engineering Toolbox:
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/cooling-tower-efficiency-d_699.html

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APPENDIX

Figure 13.1 Reading Panels

Figure 13.3 Blower

Figure 13.2 Cooling Tower

Figure 13.4 Full Equipment of Cooling Tower