Performance trends of an air-cooled steam condenser under windy conditions

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  van Rooyen, J A ^a   Kroger D G ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air cooled steam condensers; Distorted air flow; Performance; Recirculation; Windy conditions

Indexed keywords

AIR; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; FLOW PATTERNS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POWER PLANTS; STEAM POWER PLANTS;

AIR-COOLED STEAM CONDENSERS; DISTORTED AIR FLOW; PERFORMANCE; RECIRCULATION; WINDY CONDITIONS;

STEAM CONDENSERS;

EID: 53949114420     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2771567     Document Type: Article

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