N2 - Optimization of vane positions in a mechanical draft wet-cooling tower is presented in this paper. The originally installed, equally spaced, vanes produced non-uniform air velocity distribution reducing the performance of the fill of the cooling tower. A 2D CFD model of the tower has been created. The model has then been used to determine the objective function in the optimization procedure. The selected objective function was the standard deviation of the velocity of air entering the fill. The Goal Driven Optimization tools of the ANSYSWorkbench 2.0 have been used for the optimization and the ANSYS Fluent 13.0 as a flow solver. The optimization allowed reduction of the objective function and producing a more uniform air flow. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/94272/PDF/18_paper.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/94272 PY - 2011 IS - No 3 December EP - 272 DO - 10.2478/v10173-011-0027-z KW - Optimization KW - mechanical draft wet-cooling towers KW - Multiphase flow A1 - Klimanek, Adam A1 - MusioĊ‚, Tomasz A1 - Stechman, Adam PB - The Committee of Thermodynamics and Combustion of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences DA - 2011 T1 - Optimization of guide vane positions in bended inflow of mechanical draft wet-cooling tower SP - 263 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/94272 T2 - Archives of Thermodynamics