Numerical investigation of hot air recirculation of air-cooled condensers at a large power plant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1927-1934

  Liu, Peiqing ^a   Duan, Huishen ^a   Zhao, Wanli ^a  

^a Key Laboratory of Power System Protection and Dynamic Security Monitoring and Control   (China)

Author keywords

Air cooled condenser; Hot air recirculation; Hot recirculation rate

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONDENSERS (LIQUEFIERS); COOLING SYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-COOLED CONDENSER; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; HOT AIR RECIRCULATION; HOT RECIRCULATION RATE; LARGE POWER; NORMAL OPERATIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPERATING POWER; ROTATIONAL SPEED; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

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EID: 62849121715     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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