Fill fouling experiences on both mechanical and natural draft towers

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States)

OSTI ID:7239252

Fraze, R O ^[1]

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1. Florida Power Corp., St. Petersburg, FL (United States)

Fouling of the film fill in cooling towers is becoming an increasingly serious problem in the Utility Industry. This paper discusses Florida Power Corporation's experience with fouling of film type fill in two mechanical draft and two natural draft towers. The two mechanical draft towers were placed in service as helper towers at the Anclote Plant in 1981. The two natural draft towers went into service at the Crystal River North Site in 1982 and 1984 for closed cycle cooling. All the towers are on salt water systems.

• OSTI ID: 7239252
• Report Number(s): CONF-920432-; CODEN: PAPWA
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States), Vol. 54:2; Conference: 54. annual American power conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 13-15 Apr 1992; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
42 ENGINEERING
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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FOULING
REACTOR COMPONENTS
HEAT TRANSFER
REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
CLOSED-CYCLE COOLING SYSTEMS
CORROSION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
MECHANICAL DRAFT COOLING TOWERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COOLING SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
TESTING
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