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A-FRAME ACC condensate

ACC Plant cycle

Direct Dry COOLing system

Traditional A-Frame, is the state-of-the-art Air Cooled Condenser (ACC), suitable for small to large
power plant in a large variety of site conditions (low ambient temperature, high wind, high seism,
low noise,…).
ACC directly condenses the steam turbine exhaust flow and returns condensate to the boiler
without water loss. The steam is directly condensed inside air-cooled finned tubes without using
an intermediate surface condenser.
ACC’s applications are power, industrial and renewables markets for large and small size plants.

A-Frame ACC The heat exchanger’s finned tube, the core technology of the Air Cooled Condenser, is the Single-Row
Condenser (SRC®) tube – an elongated aluminum cladded carbon steel flat tube with brazed aluminum

features fins.
The excellent corrosion and freeze resistant SRC® finned tubes are manufactured in SPX Dry Cooling
fully owned state of the art factories.
Heat exchangers are supported by an A-Frame structure which can be mounted on concrete or
steel structure. Both primary and secondary type heat exchangers are provided to ensure good non
condensable gas extraction to the air evacuation unit.
Airflow is delivered by forced draft axial fans, driven by electric motors and gearboxes, installed be-
low the heat exchangers. A-Frame ACC’s are available from 2 to more than 80 modules per unit and
with fan size from 28ft to 38ft.
The typical scope for an ACC installation includes the heat exchangers, the fan motor groups, the
supporting structure, the steam ducting from the steam turbine interface, auxiliaries such as the
Single-Row Condenser condensate and drain pumps, condensate tank, the air evacuation units and related piping works,
tubes (SRC®) electrical and instrumentation – (see below).
With over 200 SRC ACC installations, SPX Dry Cooling has extensive experience in designing, manu-
facturing, delivering and constructing A-Frame ACC’s all over the world.

Steam Distribution
Manifold
Lifting Hoist Non Condensable
Extraction
Motor/GearBox

Heat Exchangers

Condensate Collecting
Manifold

SRC®
Tube
Fan Inlet Bell
Fan Screen
Supporting
Structure

Axial Fan

A-Frame ACC module Overview

A-Frame ACC
major benefits

Flexibility in
Long-term
module arrangement Excellent corrosion
mechanical and
selection for the best usage and freeze resistance
thermal integrity
of available plot

More uniform steam distribution A-Frame supported heat Finned tubes with
and total absence of backflow of exchanger with independent excellent cleaning ability
steam, resulting in better perfor- finned tubes allowing free with manual or
mance avoiding air accumulation, thermal expansion for semi-automatic
flooding, subcooling and freezing maximum reliability cleaning system

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