Design an aircooled steam condenser and select a blower for

Design an air-cooled steam condenser and select a blower for the PS 10 Solar power plant. Use the specs given. PS 10 Specifications

Solution

A Condenser is a device or unit used to condense a substance from its gaseous to its liquid state, by cooling it. In so doing, the latent heat is given up by the substance, and will transfer to the condenser coolant.

We have all the Input Values here as under:

Output Energy in Mega Watts: 11

Heliostat Aperture Area in square meter : 75000

Steam temperature: 275 Degree Celcius in Saturated form

Steam Pressure: 45 Bar

PS10 solar thermal plant works with direct saturated steam generation at considerably low values of temperature and pressure 257ºC @ 45bar.

The steam is condensed in a condenser and recycled to where it was heated; this is known as a Rankine cycle.