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Improving heat rate in power plant condensers with enhanced tubes

Author(s) -

T.J. Rabas

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/29401

Subject(s) - condenser (optics) , power station , power (physics) , engineering , nuclear engineering , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , environmental science , thermodynamics , physics , light source , optics

Argonne is working with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to study the effect of enhanced condenser tubing on the heat rate of fossil-fueled power plants. A computer model was developed to calculate the predicted heat rate improvement by employing enhanced tubes as against smooth tubes. Fourteen condensers on the TVA system were then fitted with enhanced tubes as a replacement for the conventional smooth-surface condenser tubes. The performance of these units was followed and the results analyzed and compared to the predictions obtained with the computer model. Findings from this research have been published in Power Engineering magazine and have been presented at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Power Plant Condenser Symposiums

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