Performance of an air-cooled steam condenser for a waste-to-energy plant over its whole operating range

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1908-1913

  Pieve, M ^a   Salvadori, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACSC; LMTD; Steam condenser; Waste to energy

Indexed keywords

ACSC; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-COOLED STEAM CONDENSERS; ELECTRICAL DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEAT RECOVERY PLANTS; LMTD; LOG-MEAN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATING RANGES; VOLUMETRIC AIR FLOW RATE; WASTE-TO-ENERGY; WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEAM; STEAM CONDENSERS; THERMAL LOGGING; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 78650767356     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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