The second case study in this series had a system configuration depicted in Figure 1. The condenser water system had heat trace on the outdoor piping as well as a basin heater in the cooling tower.

Parallel Condensing Systems (PAC) were introduced by GEA about 20 years ago and this cooling technology has become an established cooling system alternative in the power industry, although most of its ...

Worldwide awareness of the need to minimize freshwater use for power generation—while minimizing energy penalties—is growing. The Electric Power Research Institute is involved in several programs that ...

This is the third and final installment in the series on using makeup air unit (MAU) cooling coils as dry coolers. Part I introduced the concept and provided a case study with an air-cooled chiller ...