Comparison of Alternate Cooling Technologies for California Power Plants Economic, Environmental and Other Tradeoffs

PDF Publication Title:

Comparison of Alternate Cooling Technologies for California Power Plants Economic, Environmental and Other Tradeoffs ( comparison-alternate-cooling-technologies-california-power-p )

Previous Page View | Next Page View | Return to Search List

Text from PDF Page: 047

Power Plant Cooling Systems Typical design choices range from 20 to 60°F, where a low ITD represents a larger, higher- capital-cost unit that is able to maintain a low condensing temperature on hot days. Conversely, a high ITD represents a smaller and less costly tower that results in higher condensing temperatures, higher turbine back pressures, and lower plant efficiency during hot periods. Typical designs result in a 25 to 35°F rise as the air passes through the unit. Steam Backpressure, pb Condensate Tcond (oF) Tcond - Tamb = ITD* = 20-50 oF (typ.) Tex - Tamb = Air Temperature Rise = 30 oF (typ.) (* Initial Temperature Difference) Exit air Tex (oF) Tamb (oF) Air flow, wair (lbm/hr) Figure 2-8 Flows and Temperatures in an Air-Cooled Condenser Hybrid Wet/Dry Systems Hybrid systems employ a combination of both wet and dry cooling technologies. The two primary types of hybrid systems are water conservation and plume abatement designs. Water conservation systems are intended to reduce—but not completely eliminate—the use of water for plant heat rejection. A limited amount of water is used during the hottest periods of the year to mitigate the large losses in steam cycle capacity and plant efficiency associated with all- dry operation. These systems can limit annual water use to 2 to 5% (although more typically range from 20 to 80%) of that required for all-wet systems and still achieve substantial efficiency and capacity advantages during the peak load periods of hot weather, as compared to an all-dry system. If sufficient water is available, increasing amounts of plant capacity and efficiency can be attained. Plume abatement towers, on the other hand, are essentially all-wet systems that employ a small amount of dry cooling to dry out the tower exhaust plume during those cold, high-humidity periods when the plumes is likely to be visible. (Water conservation systems also provide plume abatement because the wet part of the system is normally not used during the colder periods when plumes are likely to form.) 2-12

PDF Image | Comparison of Alternate Cooling Technologies for California Power Plants Economic, Environmental and Other Tradeoffs

PDF Search Title:

Comparison of Alternate Cooling Technologies for California Power Plants Economic, Environmental and Other Tradeoffs

Original File Name Searched:

2002_07_09_500_02_079F.PDF

DIY PDF Search: Google It | Yahoo | Bing

NFT (Non Fungible Token): Buy our tech, design, development or system NFT and become part of our tech NFT network... More Info

IT XR Project Redstone NFT Available for Sale: NFT for high tech turbine design with one part 3D printed counter-rotating energy turbine. Be part of the future with this NFT. Can be bought and sold but only one design NFT exists. Royalties go to the developer (Infinity) to keep enhancing design and applications... More Info

Infinity Turbine IT XR Project Redstone Design: NFT for sale... NFT for high tech turbine design with one part 3D printed counter-rotating energy turbine. Includes all rights to this turbine design, including license for Fluid Handling Block I and II for the turbine assembly and housing. The NFT includes the blueprints (cad/cam), revenue streams, and all future development of the IT XR Project Redstone... More Info

Infinity Turbine ROT Radial Outflow Turbine 24 Design and Worldwide Rights: NFT for sale... NFT for the ROT 24 energy turbine. Be part of the future with this NFT. This design can be bought and sold but only one design NFT exists. You may manufacture the unit, or get the revenues from its sale from Infinity Turbine. Royalties go to the developer (Infinity) to keep enhancing design and applications... More Info

Infinity Supercritical CO2 10 Liter Extractor Design and Worldwide Rights: The Infinity Supercritical 10L CO2 extractor is for botanical oil extraction, which is rich in terpenes and can produce shelf ready full spectrum oil. With over 5 years of development, this industry leader mature extractor machine has been sold since 2015 and is part of many profitable businesses. The process can also be used for electrowinning, e-waste recycling, and lithium battery recycling, gold mining electronic wastes, precious metals. CO2 can also be used in a reverse fuel cell with nafion to make a gas-to-liquids fuel, such as methanol, ethanol and butanol or ethylene. Supercritical CO2 has also been used for treating nafion to make it more effective catalyst. This NFT is for the purchase of worldwide rights which includes the design. More Info

NFT (Non Fungible Token): Buy our tech, design, development or system NFT and become part of our tech NFT network... More Info

Infinity Turbine Products: Special for this month, any plans are $10,000 for complete Cad/Cam blueprints. License is for one build. Try before you buy a production license. May pay by Bitcoin or other Crypto. Products Page... More Info

CONTACT TEL: 608-238-6001 Email: greg@infinityturbine.com (Standard Web Page)