Primary Inventor: Krishna P. Singh
Date: Dec. 21, 2021
Status: Granted
Jurisdiction: US
Assignee: Holtec International
Equipment Type: Air Cooled Condenser
Docket Number: HOL-118
Application Number: 16/142,246
Patent Number: US 11,204,201 B2
Prior Publication Data: US 2019/0093953 A1, Mar. 28, 2019
Related U.S. Application Data: Provisional application No. 62/564,000, filed on Sep. 27, 2017
Abstract: An air-cooled condenser system for steam condensing applications in a power plant Rankine cycle includes an air cooled condenser having a plurality of interconnected modular cooling cells. Each cell comprises a frame-supported fan, inlet steam header, outlet condensate headers, and tube bundle assemblies having optionally finned tubes extending between the headers. The tube bundle assemblies may fabricated into an A-shaped tube structure. The tube bundles are self-supporting without support from any part of the frame between top and bottom tubesheets of each bundle. The condensate headers may be slideably mounted to the frame for thermal expansion/contraction. Steam circulating in a closed flow loop on the tube side from a steam turbine is cooled in each cell by ambient air blown through the tube bundles, thereby forming liquid condensate returned to the Rankine cycle. The present design further provides a longitudinal and vertical thermal expansion restraint system.
