Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers

ACADs (08-006) Covered 1.1.6.2.1 1.1.6.2.5 2.1.10.4 4.2.7.7 4.20.1.15 4.25.7

Keywords Cooling tower, fill, materials, temperature control, air cooled condenser, heat sink, icing, algae, fouling

Description

Supporting Material

Engineering Technology Division

Power Plant Construction and QA/QC
Section 2.5 Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers

Section 2.5 Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers

Overview Introduction

Cooling Tower Principles

Types of Cooling Towers Types of Fill

Construction Materials
Temperature Control Air Cooled Condensers Operational Concerns
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Introduction Second Law of Thermodynamics

What heat is not used must be discarded

Efficiency is how the heat is used Excess heat discarded means efficiency

Heat Sinks
River Air (Cooling Towers) Ocean Lake
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Introduction Heat Sinks - Types

Cooper Nuclear Station Missouri River

Pilgrim Nuclear Station Atlantic Ocean

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Introduction Heat Sinks - Types

LaSalle County Nuclear Station Lake

Susquehanna Nuclear Station Cooling Tower

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Cooling Tower Principles - Evaporation

Air Density
Humidity

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Cooling Tower Principles - Process

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Types of Cooling Towers Forced Draft

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Types of Cooling Towers Natural Draft

Hyperbolic Tower

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Types of Fill

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Types of Fill

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Construction Materials
Concrete

Steel

Wood

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Temperature Control

Climate/ Location Average Temperature Variable Heat Load

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Air Cooled Condensers

Steam / Water Inlet Manifold

Direct Indirect

Little water replenishment

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Operational Concerns - Icing

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Operational Concerns Fouling Algae

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Operational Concerns Fouling Trash

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Operational Concerns Fouling Dirt

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Questions?

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