Use of Air2Air Technology to Recover Fresh-Water from the Normal Evaporative Cooling Loss at Coal-Based Thermoelectric Power Plants

Ken Mortensen

关键词: FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS;    COOLING TOWERS;    EVAPORATIVE COOLING;    FRESH WATER;    HEAT EXCHANGERS;    MATERIALS RECOVERY;    EXHAUST GASES;    COAL;    COMBUSTION;    RESOURCE CONSERVATION;   

DOI  :  10.2172/981920
RP-ID  :  None
PID  :  OSTI ID: 981920
Others  :  TRN: US201013%%205

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This program was undertaken to build and operate the first Air2Air{trademark} Water Conservation Cooling Tower at a power plant, giving a validated basis and capability for water conservation by this method. Air2Air{trademark} water conservation technology recovers a portion of the traditional cooling tower evaporate. The Condensing Module provides an air-to-air heat exchanger above the wet fill media, extracting the heat from the hot saturated moist air leaving in the cooling tower and condensing water. The rate of evaporate water recovery is typically 10%-25% annually, depending on the cooling tower location (climate).