What is the structure and working principle of an air-cooled island in a thermal power plant?

The cooling system of a power plant is a crucial part of the electricity generation process. Technically, cooling technologies are divided into water cooling and air cooling.

07-19

2019

What are the differences between direct air cooling and indirect air cooling in thermal power plants?

06-20

2019

What is an air-cooled island?

Air cooler is the abbreviation of air-cooled heat exchanger. It is a large industrial heat exchange equipment that uses natural air to cool (condense) process fluids. Compared with water cooling, it has the advantages of sufficient cold source, saving cooling water, reducing environmental pollution, and low maintenance cost. According to its application fields, it can be divided into power plant air coolers, petrochemical air coolers, etc.

05-16

2019

What is thermal power generation?

Thermal power generation utilizes the thermal energy obtained from burning fuel (coal, oil, and their products, etc.) to generate electricity. There are two main types of generating units in thermal power plants: steam turbine generator units, which use boilers to generate high-temperature, high-pressure steam to drive steam turbines that rotate to drive generators to generate electricity; and gas turbine generator units, where fuel enters a gas turbine to directly convert thermal energy into mechanical energy to drive a generator to generate electricity. Thermal power plants generally refer to power plants that primarily use steam turbine generator units.

04-03

2019

Significance of using an air-cooled system

It is well known that water is a finite resource. Freshwater resources are decreasing year by year worldwide, and the per capita water resources in China are about one-fourth of the world average. The severe shortage of water resources has seriously threatened the human living environment, so saving water has become a global trend.

02-14

2019