Computational Investigation on Cooling Water Resistance of the Marine Steam Condenser

Steam condenser is the one of the most important devices in the marine power system. The calculation of cooling water resistance is the main constitution of the steam condenser thermodynamics calculation. The definition of relative parameters not only affects the design of device, but also the performance of ship power system. Three-dimensional model is applied to simulate the flow characteristic of the cooling water in stream condenser. The skeleton map of three-dimensional flow was depicted distinctly. In order to validate the numerical results, comparisons between the numerical predications and the experimental results were conducted and satisfactory agreements were observed.