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Comprehensive Guide to Cooling Towers & Air Cooled Condensers

Learn the principles, types, materials, and operational concerns of cooling towers and condensers. Includes temperature control, fill materials, heat sinks, and more.

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Comprehensive Guide to Cooling Towers & Air Cooled Condensers

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  1. Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers ACADs (08-006) Covered Keywords Cooling tower, fill, materials, temperature control, air cooled condenser, heat sink, icing, algae, fouling Description Supporting Material

  2. Engineering Technology Division Power Plant Construction and QA/QC Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers

  3. 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

  4. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers 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

  5. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Introduction – Heat Sinks - Types Cooper Nuclear Station – Missouri River Pilgrim Nuclear Station – Atlantic Ocean

  6. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Introduction – Heat Sinks - Types LaSalle County Nuclear Station – Lake Susquehanna Nuclear Station – Cooling Tower

  7. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Cooling Tower Principles - Evaporation Air Density Humidity

  8. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Cooling Tower Principles - Process

  9. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Types of Cooling Towers – Forced Draft

  10. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Types of Cooling Towers – Natural Draft Hyperbolic Tower

  11. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Types of Fill

  12. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Types of Fill

  13. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Construction Materials Concrete Steel Wood

  14. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Temperature Control Climate/ Location Average Temperature Variable Heat Load

  15. Steam / Water Inlet Manifold Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Air Cooled Condensers Direct Indirect Little water replenishment

  16. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Operational Concerns - Icing

  17. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Operational Concerns – Fouling – Algae

  18. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Operational Concerns – Fouling – Trash

  19. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Operational Concerns – Fouling – Dirt

  20. Section 2.5– Cooling Towers and Air Cooled Condensers Questions?

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