In regions which are remote from water resources, air cooled condenser (ACC) is an important role of a condensing equipment.
Air Cooled Condenser utilizes ambient air through finned tubes for heat exchanging to remove heat out of exhaust steam for thermal or biomass power plants.
Description
Generally, applying another type in an insufficient-water area needs to make a water reservoir to collect the water for serving cooling tower. Thus, Air cooled condenser (ACC) will help reduce capital cost of such a water reservoir, save water consumption cost during operation. Also, it solves the problem of diverting water from the community.
In the thermal power plants, exhaust steam from the steam turbine flow into the air cooled condenser (ACC) where the condensation occurs. Then the condensate-water returns to the boiler in a closed loop. Meanwhile the exhaust steam coming from the turbine is at a low pressure, the Air Cooled Condenser works at pressure as vacuum to avoid the pressure drop increase and impact to the efficiency of power generation, and then the non-condensable gases will be removed continuously by the air evacuation system.
Configuration and Scope of ZHM Huawu Steel Air Cooled Condenser
Scope normally covers equipment and ducts from turbine exhaust to inlet of condensate pump, mainly including:
- Tube bundle
- Air supply system
- Air evacuation system
- Condensate system
- Cleaning system
- Exhaust steam ducting system
- Supporting structure
- Draining system
- Electric system
- Instrument & control system
Configuration ZHM Huawu Steel Air Cooled Condenser
Principle of Air cooled condenser
Air cooled condenser process
In the parallel-flow tube bundles, most of the steam is condensed, meanwhile the non-condensing gas is extracted in counter-flow tube bundles which they are connected through the bottom headers.
Additionally, the advantages of the direct air cooled condenser system (ACC) is occupying less floor area, various anti-freezing methods and flexible arrangement.
Technical and Advantage of ZHM Huawu Steel Air cooled condenser
ZHM Huawu Steel Single-Row Tube bundles is one of the best selective innovations which is applied in Air Cooled Condenser (ACC), characteristics designed by welded large flat tube and aluminum snake-like fins, are rolled from single-sided aluminum cladded carbon steel strip. The flat tubes and fins are connected by brazing.
single roll tube in air cooled condenser
ZHM Huawu Steel Single-Row Tube design
1. High heat transfer efficiency
2. Strong resistance to corrosion
3. High strength and good cleaning ability
tube bundle cleaning
4. Good anti-freezing performance
5. Weld seam position
ZHM Huawu Steel does not need to be worried about the leak occurring during the operation since it can be repaired immediately without removing the entire tube bundle or replacement. Above all, we do believe in Easy maintenance and low maintenance costs.
Weld treatment-The weld seam is on the arc of the base tube
6. Single-Row Tube Bundle Fatigue test
To ensure reliance of ZHM Huawu Steel Air cooled condenser (ACC), the qualified value of the product (including the finned tube bundles) fatigue life should be more than 1,000 times and more than ten times the actual fatigue times. Due to qualified value, our customers can assure that our product’s safety lasts the 30-year design life.
fatigue test 2 of finned tube bundles
fatigue test 1 of heat exchanging fin tube bundles
THREE MAJOR TEST DEVICES
1. Performance testing device on tube bundles of Air cooled condenser (ACC)
After pressure and temperature of the steam are gradually reducing, the testing device will simulate several operating backpressures of the steam turbine, measure the heat exchange performance and resistance loss of the tube bundle. It also obtains the heat exchange coefficient and air resistance of tube bundle at different air speed and internal flow resistance of tube bundle at different steam flow speed.
Furthermore, to evaluate actual performance of tube bundle, the testing device is also utilized for examining thermal performance of tube bundle.
Performance testing device of finned tube bundles
2. The unique environmental test laboratory : 1×4 Air cooled condenser (ACC) environmental test device
One is the summer operating condition. It’s for testing the heat transfer performance of the tube bundles of the Air cooled condenser (ACC) which provides the basis for the design of the actual Air cooled condenser (ACC).
The other is the winter operating condition. It is for evaluating whether the control program of Air cooled condenser (ACC) is valid for antifreeze protection measures during operating conditions such as the machine functional of start, stop and low load operating conditions. Finally, it could test the minimum antifreeze steam flow under different temperature conditions.
Environmental test device
3. The unique large full-performance test bed: Hot-state test device for one unit of 1000MW Air-cooled condenser (ACC)
Full performance test bed
ZHM Huawu Steel Air cooled Research and Development
- Experimental Research on heat exchange performance of heat exchange component
- Experimental Research on resistance characteristic on air side of heat exchange component
- Investigation on resistance characteristic on steam side inside the finned tube of heat exchange component
- Experimental Research on atmospheric corrosion resistance of fins
- Fouling performance test of finned tube bundle
- Cleaning test of fins of finned tube bundle
- Experimental Research on freezing protection of finned tube bundle
- Experimental Research on computer numerical simulation of Air cooled condenser (ACC)
- Experimental research on fatiguing test of tube bundle
ZHM Huawu Steel Air Cooled Condenser Reference in Power Plant
TUAS IWMF garbage power plant project
References in biomass power plant and solid waste power plant
Biomass References
No | Pro.Name | Type |
Capacity (MW) |
Customer |
Year of Installation |
Country |
1 | Iseriohn | Waste | 36 | AMK | Ongoing | Germany |
2 |
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Waste |
25 | Imtech | 2015 | UK |
3 |
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Waste |
22 | Hitachi Zosen Inova | 2016 | UK |
4 |
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Waste |
21.4 | Dollbergen Boienergie GmbH |
Ongoing |
Germany |
5 |
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Waste |
20 | Aalborg Energie Tecknik a/s | 2018 | France |
6 |
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Waste |
17 |
Hagener Umweltservice-und investitionsgesellschaft mbH |
2014 |
Germany |
7 |
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Waste |
14 | Siemens Czech | 2017 | Portugal |
8 |
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Waste |
12 | Aalborg Energie Technik a/s | 2017 | UK |
9 |
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Waste |
11.3 |
Zweckverban Muellheizkraftwerk |
2014 |
Germany |
10 |
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Waste |
9.5 | Wallstein | 2016 |
Germany |
11 |
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Waste |
7 | TWL | 2018 |
Germany |
12 |
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Waste |
3 | Enprotech Co.,Ltd. | 2016 | South Korea |
13 |
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Waste |
3 |
Enprotech Co.,Ltd. |
2019 |
South Korea |
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Air cooled condenser Project for Siemens
Air -cooled condenser Project for Siemens 4×1200MW New Capital CCPP in Egypt ( ACC for the largest CCPP in the world)
Botswana project (4×150MW)
Guohua Dingzhou Power Plant in Hebei Province (2×660MW)
Hulunbeier Power Plant (2×600MW)
Wison Cathay Power plant for 1 × 60,000 ASU of Wison Cathay
Air -cooled condenser unit for 4×60,000 ASU of Zhongmei Yulin Energy Chemical Co., Ltd.
Air- cooled condenser for 4×60000 ASU for coal-to-alkene project of Shenhua Baotou Energy Co., Ltd.
China Coal Tuke Energy Chemical Project for 2×40,000 ASU of China Coal Tuke Energy Chemical Co., Ltd.
Air- cooled condenser for 4 × 48,000 ASU of Datang Keqi Coal-to-Gas Co., Ltd.
Air cooled condenser unit for 1 × 35,000 ASU of Shenhua Yulin Energy Co., Ltd.
Zero Water Consumption CHP System (ZWCCHP) in LATAM market
ACC unit for 1 × 35000 ASU of Shenhua Yulin Energy Co. Ltd.
ACC for 4×60000 ASU for coal to alkene project of Shenhua Baotou Energy Co. Ltd.
ACC unit for 1 × 60000 ASU of Wison Cathay
Zero Water Consumption CHP System (ZWCCHP) in LATAM market