16-25: Wind Effects On Air Cooled Condensers: Insights From The Wind-Tunnel Sidestream Softening

16-25: Wind Effects On Air Cooled Condensers: Insights From The Wind-Tunnel Sidestream SofteningAir Cooled Condensers (ACCs) offer a way to significantly reduce U. S. water consumption but are susceptible to adverse wind conditions. An ongoing interdisciplinary research project is investigating the effects of wind on the thermal performance of ACCs with a field study of an existing full scale combined cycle power plant, wind tunnel study, and a high fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. This presentation will focus on the insights

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All full-scale columns were tested in a vertical position under axial compressive loads

The cooling tower parameters that were controlled included temperature

ranging from 251 ± 19 ppm at 15 meters to 0

Parameters evaluated were scaling

For this study

The recommendations are applicable for Natural and Mechanical Draft cooling towers

cooling ranges and approaches

in-situ water conditions

The correlation between the psychrometer and the thermodynamic wet bulb temperature is reviewed

The paper also discusses improvements that are underway to the biocide and scale-inhibitor feed systems

are ideal candidates from this point of view