Conceptual design study advanced concepts test (ACT) facility

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6804207· OSTI ID:6804207

Zaloudek, F R

The Advanced Concepts Test (ACT) Project is part of program for developing improved power plant dry cooling systems in which ammonia is used as a heat transfer fluid between the power plant and the heat rejection tower. The test facility will be designed to condense 60,000 lb/hr of exhaust steam from the No. 1 turbine in the Kern Power Plant at Bakersfield, CA, transport the heat of condensation from the condenser to the cooling tower by an ammonia phase-change heat transport system, and dissipate this heat to the environs by a dry/wet deluge tower. The design and construction of the test facility will be the responsibility of the Electric Power Research Institute. The DOE, UCC/Linde, and the Pacific Northwest Laboratories will be involved in other phases of the project. The planned test facilities, its structures, mechanical and electrical equipment, control systems, codes and standards, decommissioning requirements, safety and environmental aspects, and energy impact are described. Six appendices of related information are included. (LCL)

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-06-1830
• OSTI ID: 6804207
• Report Number(s): PNL-2715
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AMMONIA
CONDENSERS
COOLING SYSTEMS
COOLING TOWERS
DESIGN
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POWER PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
STEAM CONDENSERS
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
VAPOR CONDENSERS