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Spray Cooling for Performance Enhancement of Air-Cooled Condensers J.S. Maulbetsch M. N. DiFilippo K. D. Zammit EPRI Advanced Cooling Workshop Charlotte, North Carolina August 9, 2008 Alternative Solutions Hybrid wet-dry systems


  1. Spray Cooling for Performance Enhancement of Air-Cooled Condensers J.S. Maulbetsch M. N. DiFilippo K. D. Zammit EPRI Advanced Cooling Workshop Charlotte, North Carolina August 9, 2008

  2. Alternative Solutions Hybrid wet-dry systems – Commonly used for plume abatement – Several design options Spray-enhanced dry cooling – Technology adaptation from gas turbine units

  3. Spray-Enhanced Dry Cooling In gas turbines, inlet air cooling racks used to enhance efficiency – Pre-cooling spray nozzles introduce fine mist In dry cooling systems, approach could be applied to pre-cool inlet air – Reduce capacity loss – Water use intermittent; rate ~25% full wet cooling

  4. Spray-Enhanced Dry Cooling Without pre-cooling, ambient T increase from ~55º to 90ºF reduces capacity – For 235-MW unit, lose 10 to 12 MW (~5%) If air pre-cooled to 70% relative humidity, capacity loss reduced – For 235-MW unit, lose only 3 to 5 MW

  5. Chinese Camp

  6. ACC at Chinese Camp

  7. Sprays in operation

  8. Mist entering fan

  9. Enhancement Spray

  10. Spray Enhancement Test Setup

  11. Hot Day Performance Average DB Temperature Profiles Crockett Single-Cell Spray Testing 100 95 DB Temperature, F 90 85 Deck DB Fan Outlet DB 80 B Exch DB 75 Glycol 70 Deck WB Fan Oultlet WB 65 60 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM

  12. Maximum Cooling Effect Maximum Cooling Effect for Cell B Airflow 10 gpm 15 gpm 20 gom 25 gpm 5 gpm 18 16 Cooling Effect, deg F 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 Wet Bulb Depression, deg F

  13. Cooling Effect Results Cooling Effect vs. Wet Bulb Depression Spray rate = 19 gpm 14 12 Cooling Effect, deg F 10 8 6 4 2 0 13.5 14 14.5 15 15.5 16 16.5 Wet Bulb Depression, deg F

  14. Data Correlation T De ck DB -T Fan DB v s (T De ck DB -T De ck W B ) x S p ra y R a te S ingle-C ell T es ting, C roc k ett 14 12 10 T DeckDB -T FanDB , F 8 6 4 2 0 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 (T D eck D B -T D ec kW B )x S p ra y R a te , F x g p m

  15. Correlation vs. Spray Rate (T De ck DB -T Fan DB) /(T De ck DB -T De ck W B ) v s S p ra y R a te S ingle-C ell T es ting, C roc k ett 0.8 (T DeckDB -T FanDB )/(T DeckDB -T DeckWB ) 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 S p ra y R a te , g p m

  16. El Dorado Energy Center

  17. El Dorado ACC

  18. Effect on Backpressure Turbine Back Pressure vs Spray Rate - July ElDorado LLC Amb DB = 115 F 7 Steam Flow = 1,067,000 #/hr 110 F 6 Back Pressure, "Hg 105 F 100 F 5 95 F 90 F 4 3 2 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Spray Rate, gpm/cell

  19. Power Recovery Recovered Power vs Start Temp vs Spray Period 4,000 Water Budget = 35,210,000 gallons 3,800 Spray Period - 10am-8:59pm 3,600 Recov Power, MWHr 3,400 Water Budget = 26,410,000 gallons 3,200 10am-8:59pm 3,000 10am to 7:59pm 2,800 10am-6:59pm 2,600 11am-6:59pm 2,400 85 90 95 100 105 Start Temperature for Spraying, F

  20. Now What? Showstoppers - Surface wetting - Rainback - Cost (Approx $0.5 M for 40 cell, plus $0.7 M to 2.0M for water treatment and storage) Approaches - Nozzle choice/location - Flow modeling - Demisters

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