Combined thermal storage pond and dry cooling tower waste heat rejection system for solar-thermal steam-electric power plants. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5672876· OSTI ID:5672876

Guyer, E C; Bourne, J G; Brownell, D L; Rose, R M

The thermal performance and economics of the combined thermal storage pond and dry cooling tower waste heat rejection system concept for solar-thermal steam-electric plants have been evaluated. Based on the computer simulation of the operation of southwest-sited solar-thermal plants, it has been determined that the combined pond-tower concept has significant cost and performance advantages over conventional dry cooling systems. Use of a thermal storage pond as a component of the dry cooling system allows a significant reduction in the required dry cooling heat exchange capacity and the associated parasitic power consumption. Importantly, it has been concluded that the combined pond-tower dry cooling system concept can be employed to economically maintain steam condensing temperatures at levels normally achieved with conventional evaporative cooling systems. An evaluation of alternative thermal storage pond design concepts has revealed that a stratified vertical-flow cut-and-fill reservoir with conventional membrane lining and covering would yield the best overall system performance at the least cost.

• Research Organization: Dynatech R/D Co., Cambridge, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: ET-78-C-02-4680
• OSTI ID: 5672876
• Report Number(s): COO-4680-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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WASTE HEAT
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