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Title: User's manual for the BNW-I optimization code for dry-cooled power plants. [AMCIRC]

Abstract

This appendix provides a listing, called Program AMCIRC, of the BNW-1 optimization code for determining, for a particular size power plant, the optimum dry cooling tower design using ammonia flow in the heat exchanger tubes. The optimum design is determined by repeating the design of the cooling system over a range of design conditions in order to find the cooling system with the smallest incremental cost. This is accomplished by varying five parameters of the plant and cooling system over ranges of values. These parameters are varied systematically according to techniques that perform pattern and gradient searches. The dry cooling system optimized by program AMCIRC is composed of a condenser/reboiler (condensation of steam and boiling of ammonia), piping system (transports ammonia vapor out and ammonia liquid from the dry cooling towers), and circular tower system (vertical one-pass heat exchangers situated in circular configurations with cocurrent ammonia flow in the tubes of the heat exchanger). (LCL)

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Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, Wash. (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
7209138
Report Number(s):
BNWL-2180(Vol.4)
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; COMPUTER CODES; A CODES; COOLING TOWERS; COST; DESIGN; PERFORMANCE; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; AMMONIA; B CODES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN HYDRIDES; POWER PLANTS; 200101* - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Cooling & Heat Transfer Equipment & Systems

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Braun, D.J., Daniel, D.J., De Mier, W.V., Faletti, D.W., and Wiles, L.E. User's manual for the BNW-I optimization code for dry-cooled power plants. [AMCIRC]. United States: N. p., 1977. Web. doi:10.2172/7209138.
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Braun, D.J., Daniel, D.J., De Mier, W.V., Faletti, D.W., & Wiles, L.E. User's manual for the BNW-I optimization code for dry-cooled power plants. [AMCIRC]. United States. doi:10.2172/7209138.
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Braun, D.J., Daniel, D.J., De Mier, W.V., Faletti, D.W., and Wiles, L.E. Sat . "User's manual for the BNW-I optimization code for dry-cooled power plants. [AMCIRC]". United States. doi:10.2172/7209138. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7209138.
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title = {User's manual for the BNW-I optimization code for dry-cooled power plants. [AMCIRC]},
author = {Braun, D.J. and Daniel, D.J. and De Mier, W.V. and Faletti, D.W. and Wiles, L.E.},
abstractNote = {This appendix provides a listing, called Program AMCIRC, of the BNW-1 optimization code for determining, for a particular size power plant, the optimum dry cooling tower design using ammonia flow in the heat exchanger tubes. The optimum design is determined by repeating the design of the cooling system over a range of design conditions in order to find the cooling system with the smallest incremental cost. This is accomplished by varying five parameters of the plant and cooling system over ranges of values. These parameters are varied systematically according to techniques that perform pattern and gradient searches. The dry cooling system optimized by program AMCIRC is composed of a condenser/reboiler (condensation of steam and boiling of ammonia), piping system (transports ammonia vapor out and ammonia liquid from the dry cooling towers), and circular tower system (vertical one-pass heat exchangers situated in circular configurations with cocurrent ammonia flow in the tubes of the heat exchanger). (LCL)},
doi = {10.2172/7209138},
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year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977},
month = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977}
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