为了支持冷冻水系统的优化设计，开发了一种改进的冷却塔仿真算法。开发新算法是为了更快速、更准确地预测冷却塔的热性能和能耗。根据精确度和计算效率，对一系列先前已知的分析和经验算法以及新开发的经验算法进行了评估。通过比较计算的入口湿球温度方法（方法）和供应商确定的方法，确定了给定操作条件下每个算法的精度- 提供了性能曲线。评估结果表明，与分析算法相比，经验算法需要更少的计算时间，并提供更一致的结果。新的经验算法被发现比以前的现有算法更准确、更高效。单元:干燥:研讨会论文，大西洋城，2002年

An improved cooling tower simulation algorithm was developed for the CoolToolsTMsimulation model to support the optimal design of chilled water systems. The new algorithm was developed to predict more quickly and more accurately the thermal performance and energy consumption of a cooling tower. An array of previously known analytical and empirical algorithms and the newly developed empirical algorithm were evaluated on the basis of accuracy and computational efficiency. The accuracy of each algorithm was determined for a given set of operating conditions by a comparison between the computed approach to the inlet wet-bulb temperature (approach) and that determined from vendor-supplied performance curves. The results of the evaluation indicate that the empirical algorithms require considerably less computational time and provide more consistent results than do the analytical algorithms. The new empirical algorithm was found to be more accurate and more efficient than the previously existing algorithms.Units: SI