Journal article
Preventing Freezing of Condensate inside Tubes of Air-Cooled Condenser
Taehan Kigye Hakhoe nonmunjip. B, v 36(8), pp 811-819
01 Aug 2012
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Abstract
An air-cooled condenser is a device that is used for converting steam into condensate by using ambient air. The air-cooled condenser is prone to suffer from a serious explosion when the condensate inside the tubes of a heat exchanger is frozen; in particular, tubes can break during winter. This is primarily due to the structural problem of the tube outlet of an existing conventional air-cooled condenser system, which causes the backflow of residual steam and noncondensable gases. To solve the backflow problem in such condensers, such a system was simulated and a new system was designed and evaluated in this study. The experimental results using the simulated condenser showed the occurrence of freezing because of the backflow inside the tube. On the other hand, no backflow and freezing occurred in the advanced new condenser, and efficient heat exchange occurred.
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- Title
- Preventing Freezing of Condensate inside Tubes of Air-Cooled Condenser
- Creators
- Jeong-A Joo - Chonbuk Natl Univ, Dept Mech Design Engn, Jeonju, South KoreaIn-Hwan Hwang - Chonbuk Natl Univ, Dept Mech Design Engn, Jeonju, South KoreaYoung-Il Cho - Drexel UniversityDong-Hwan Lee - Chonbuk Natl Univ, Dept Mech Design Engn, Jeonju, South Korea
- Publication Details
- Taehan Kigye Hakhoe nonmunjip. B, v 36(8), pp 811-819
- Publisher
- Korean Soc Mechanical Engineers
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- Korean
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000452421000006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84865480204
- Other Identifier
- 991019203464504721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Engineering, Mechanical