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Cold weather operating guidelines and experience for natural draft cooling towers on the American Electric Power system

Conference ·
OSTI ID:376183
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  1. American Electric Power Service, Corp., Columbus, OH (United States)
American Electric Power`s more than 30 years of experience in operating natural draft cooling towers during freezing winter weather conditions is discussed in the paper. Design features incorporated into the specifications for major rebuild/repack projects for crossflow and counterflow towers to facilitate cold weather operation are also reviewed.
OSTI ID:
376183
Report Number(s):
CONF-960426--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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