%0 Journal Article
%T Study and Redesign of Aircooler System in a 16 MW Steam Turbine Surface Condenser at Neka Power Plant
%A Edris Ghonoodi
%A Mofid Gorji Bandpy
%J Journal of Power and Energy Engineering
%P 61-75
%@ 2327-5901
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jpee.2021.97005
%X <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Accord</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ing</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> to </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">study
of basic Rankin thermal cycle, the steam exh</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">aust
pressure of a typical steam turbine toward </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">condenser, plays a great rol</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">e</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> in the efficiency and the net output power of </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">steam turbine, so most
surface conden</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">sers </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">that</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> are working in thermal power plants are kept at va</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">cuum condition so that the maximum power of thermal cycle can be
achieved. The </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">vacuu</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">m pressure at condenser leads to </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">entering of air </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">and Non-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">condensable gases from turbine gland seals to
condenser so that the special air ejection equipment is being used to take
apart air from steam and vent it to out of condenser.</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">In this study</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> a special steam and air separator mechanism in </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">an </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">evacuating system called </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Aircooler</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡±</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> at a 16</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">MW steam turbine condenser
is being studied and the Fluent CFD software is utilized to analyze the
behavior of steam plus air in a typical aircooler system of 16</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">MW
%K Aircooler
%K CFD
%K Condenser
%K Ducts
%K Tube Rupture
%K Exhaust Pressure
%K Exhaust Temperature
%K Mixture Flow
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=110930