Film fill for power plant cooling towers

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States)

OSTI ID:5082397

Mirsky, G R ^[1]; Monjoie, M ^[2]

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1. Hamon Cooling Towers Div., Hamon-Sobelco International, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ (US)
2. Research and Development, Hamon-Sobelco S.A., Brussels (BE)

This paper reports on film fill, which is the use of flat or formed sheets to provide a surface upon which liquid and air come in contact with each other to affect the exchange of heat. The only other fill options available to a cooling tower designer is the use of splash fill or combinations whereby heat exchange occurs on the surface of water droplets, or both. As film fill allows the designer the opportunity to build a more compact, cost effective, energy efficient cooling tower; this type of fill material is receiving ever increasing acceptance and finding it way into more and more cooling tower applications. film fill is used to both counterflow and crossflow cooling towers, from small air conditioning applications to large natural draft towers serving 1300 to 1500 M.W. power plants around the world. It is being used in applications using unfiltered water high in suspended solids, high concentrations of dissolved salts, water carrying fibers, silt, mud, treated and untreated waste effluent, scale etc. These situations are caused by users who are: trying to reduce water make-up, using untreated or unfiltered water, or trying to save on the cost of chemical treatment.

• OSTI ID: 5082397
• Report Number(s): CONF-9104106--
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States), Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States) Vol. 53; ISSN PAPWA; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200101* -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Cooling & Heat Transfer Equipment & Systems
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
COOLING TOWERS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
FILLERS
FILMS
FILTRATION
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
POLYMERS
POLYVINYLS
POWER PLANTS
PVC
SEPARATION PROCESSES
TOWERS