Development of a condenser cleaning system optimization program
- Long Island Lighting Company, Hicksville, NY (United States)
- Taprogge America Corp., Woodbury, NY (United States)
Tubeside cleanliness is crucial to condenser and heat exchanger performance, service life, and maintenance requirements. Even slight fouling can result in heat rate deterioration and eventually unit output losses. Sponge ball on-line tube cleaning offers advantages of tubeside fouling prevention or removal during condenser operation, using a wide variety of cleaning frequencies, cleaning elements, and results monitoring. Operation of these systems can be adapted in many ways to accommodate changing condenser and cooling water (cw) system conditions while continually maintaining optimal condenser efficiency. Site-specific condenser and cw system data are used to determine the appropriate cleaning system operation characteristics. Therefore, frequent correlation of current condenser and cw system data to cleaning system operating parameters will assure more accurate {open_quote}cause and effect{close_quote} relationships and better cleaning efficiency. This paper discusses a project to develop a PC based program capable of monitoring various condenser and sponge ball cleaning system real time data and providing plant operators with unit-specific cleaning system operating recommendations to optimize both condenser and cleaning system performance. This project was conducted at the Long Island Lighting Company`s Northport Generating Station. Some condenser operating data were obtained from an experimental on-line condenser performance monitoring system under concurrent, but unrelated development at this plant. During the study, condenser and cleaning system data were accessed remotely via a plant-based computer and modem line to off-site facilities where system performance was monitored regularly and PC program development was accomplished. 6 refs., 16 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Stone and Webster Engineering Corp., Boston, MA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 414828
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-106781; CONF-960857-; TRN: 96:006225-0017
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Condenser technology seminar and conference, Boston, MA (United States), 26-30 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: Condenser technology conference; Tsou, J.L.; Mussalli, Y.G. [eds.]; PB: 463 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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