Economically Matching Circulation Water Flow To Cooling Tower Load
Abstract
Condenser cooling water flow requirements for large turbine-generator sets are controlled both by the thermal input range of the turbine and the variety of climatic conditions affecting the cooling tower. The resulting requirements on the circulating water pumps are considerably exaggerated relative to normal turbine load variations. One Southwestern electric utility is using three partial capacity pumps driven with two speed motors as a practical solution to this pumping requirement. This paper describes the specific idiosyncrasies of this pumping requirement and the optimization of such cooling systems.
Description
Lecturepg. 103
Subject
Pumping machineryCollections
Citation
Fairbanks, David A. (1987). Economically Matching Circulation Water Flow To Cooling Tower Load. Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /164317.