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The Impact of the Number of Cooling-water Passes on the Thermodynamic Performance of a Steam Condenser

Guoshan Wang

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Power plant steam condensers can be designed as single-pass or two-pass ones. By using a self-developed computer program PPOC3.0, a software for the numerical simulation of condenser operation characteristics, the authors have simulated and analyzed the impact of the number of cooling water passes on the thermodynamic performance of power-plant steam condensers. The results of simulation and analysis indicate that a single-pass condenser offers a higher thermal load and smaller steam-side resistance.

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Power plant steam condensers can be designed as single-pass or two-pass ones. By using a self-developed computer program PPOC3.0, a software for the numerical simulation of condenser operation characteristics, the authors have simulated and analyzed the impact of the number of cooling water passes on the thermodynamic performance of power-plant steam condensers. The results of simulation and analysis indicate that a single-pass condenser offers a higher thermal load and smaller steam-side resistance.

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Power plant steam condensers can be designed as single-pass or two-pass ones. By using a self-developed computer program PPOC3.0, a software for the numerical simulation of condenser operation characteristics, the authors have simulated and analyzed the impact of the number of cooling water passes on the thermodynamic performance of power-plant steam condensers. The results of simulation and analysis indicate that a single-pass condenser offers a higher thermal load and smaller steam-side resistance.

Key concepts: Condenser (optics), Surface condenser, Steam-electric power station, Nuclear engineering, Thermal power station, Heat recovery steam generator, Engineering, Power station

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