The cooling performance of a natural draft dry cooling tower under crosswind and an enclosure approach to cooling efficiency enhancement
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.007
Abstract: Abstract Cooling performance of a natural draft dry cooling tower degrades in presence of crosswind. Upon an in service natural draft dry cooling tower of a 660 MW unit in China, a computational fluid dynamics approach… read more here.
Keywords: cooling performance; draft dry; dry cooling; performance ... See more keywords
Life cycle assessment of novel heat exchanger for dry cooling of power plants based on encapsulated phase change materials
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115227
Abstract: Abstract Cooling systems in power plants account for approximately 40% of total freshwater withdrawals in the U.S. Due to dwindling access to freshwater resources worldwide, continued operation of wet cooling systems poses a significant engineering… read more here.
Keywords: heat; dry cooling; heat exchanger; life cycle ... See more keywords
Experimental study of cold inflow effect on a small natural draft dry cooling tower
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.09.071
Abstract: Abstract The heat rejection rate of natural draft dry cooling tower, as well as the operating performance of a power plant, can be affected by numerous ambient factors. The cold inflow is an unfavourable air… read more here.
Keywords: effect; draft dry; dry cooling; cooling tower ... See more keywords
To broaden safe operation range of the indirect dry cooling system with internal annular windbreak cloth in extremely cold days
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.02.044
Abstract: Abstract As for the natural draft dry cooling tower, air leakage is inevitable in practical running, even though all louvers in front of the air-cooled heat exchanger closed entirely. To reduce the adverse effects of… read more here.
Keywords: cooling system; dry cooling; safe operation; indirect dry ... See more keywords
Thermal characteristics of dry cooling tower reconstructed from obsolete natural draft wet cooling tower and the relevant thermal system coupling optimization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115202
Abstract: Abstract Natural draft dry cooling tower is attractive in recent decades with its superiority of zero water loss. Some old thermal power plants are under high pressure of waste water reducing emission, thus the natural… read more here.
Keywords: draft dry; cooling tower; dry cooling; natural draft ... See more keywords
Annularly arranged air-cooled condenser to improve cooling efficiency of natural draft direct dry cooling system
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.11.031
Abstract: Abstract For natural draft direct dry cooling system, the triangularly arranged air-cooled condenser may lead to the unexpected airflow deviations and unbalanced flow distributions although with an additional buoyancy force from the dry-cooling tower. In… read more here.
Keywords: cooled condenser; air; dry cooling; air cooled ... See more keywords
Cooling water mass flow optimization for indirect dry cooling system of thermal power unit under variable output load
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.12.097
Abstract: Abstract The analysis was conducted for the optimal operation under off-design conditions of the indirect dry cooling thermal power generating unit. The numerical model of natural draft dry cooling tower (NDDCT), as well as the… read more here.
Keywords: cooling water; mass; power; dry cooling ... See more keywords
Entransy based optimal adjustment of louvers for anti-freezing of natural draft dry cooling system
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.01.068
Abstract: Abstract Natural draft dry cooling tower (NDDCT) is susceptibly affected by ambient conditions, especially environmental temperature and natural wind. The performance should be improved during winter but faces a freezing risk. The traditional modifications to… read more here.
Keywords: cooling system; natural draft; dry; adjustment louvers ... See more keywords