Electricity production with low grade heat in thermal power plants by design improvement of a hybrid dry cooling tower and a solar chimney concept

2015 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babak Ghorbani ◽  
Mohammad Ghashami ◽  
Mehdi Ashjaee ◽  
Hamid Hosseinzadegan
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Solar Chimney ◽  
Design Improvement ◽  
Low Grade Heat ◽  
Dry Cooling Tower ◽  
Dry Cooling

scholarly journals The Sky's the Limit

2011 ◽  
Vol 133 (04) ◽  
pp. 42-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Michaud ◽  
Nilton Renno
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Thermodynamic Efficiency ◽  
Thermal Power Plants ◽  
Thermal Plant ◽  
Dry Cooling Tower ◽  
Dry Cooling

This article discusses building a prototype of an atmospheric vortex engine (AVE) to increase the thermodynamic efficiency of a thermal plant. An AVE would look like a natural draft cooling tower with a controlled vortex emerging from its open top. An AVE tower could have a diameter of 300 feet and stand 10 to 20 stories tall. To fully demonstrate the AVE concept, however, it is likely necessary to build and test a prototype at an existing thermal power plant. Building the prototypes at existing thermal power plants would be advantageous because of the availability of a controlled heat source of relatively high temperature. Possessing some 20% or 30% of the capacity of the existing cooling tower, the prototype would be able to accept a fraction of the waste heat from the plant. A small gas-fired power plant in a rural location with a dry cooling tower would be a good candidate site for an AVE prototype, since it could be developed without risk to existing plant operation.

Full scale experimental study of a small natural draft dry cooling tower for concentrating solar thermal power plant

2017 ◽  
Vol 193 ◽  
pp. 15-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxiao Li ◽  
Sam Duniam ◽  
Hal Gurgenci ◽  
Zhiqiang Guan ◽  
Anand Veeraragavan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Thermal Power Plant ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Natural Draft ◽  
Solar Thermal Power ◽  
Dry Cooling Tower ◽  
Dry Cooling

Flue gas diffusion for integrated dry-cooling tower and stack system in power plants

2017 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 257-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Chen ◽  
Lijun Yang ◽  
Xiaoze Du ◽  
Yongping Yang
Keyword(s):  
Flue Gas ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Gas Diffusion ◽  
Dry Cooling Tower ◽  
Dry Cooling

scholarly journals Measurements of crosswind influence on a natural draft dry cooling tower for a solar thermal power plant

2017 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 1169-1183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxiao Li ◽  
Hal Gurgenci ◽  
Zhiqiang Guan ◽  
Xurong Wang ◽  
Sam Duniam
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Thermal Power Plant ◽  
Cooling Tower ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Natural Draft ◽  
Solar Thermal Power ◽  
Dry Cooling Tower ◽  
Dry Cooling
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