TITLE : MODELLING OF INDUSTRIAL POWER CONDENSERS WITH AN APPLICATION TO DROPLET EROSION

BY : CHAM Consultancy Team - E N Jal
Vattenfall Utveckling AB - H Tinoco

FOR : Vattenfall Utveckling AB, S-810 70 Alvkarleby, Sweden
DATE : 1992 PHOENICS Version : 1.6.6

DETAILS :

• Three-Dimensional steady flow
• Curvilinear (BFC) computational grid

NOTES :

• Specific implementation to a "Church-Window" Condenser which is typically found in large-scale power-plants
• Model represents the complex turbulent gas flow patterns and heat transfer processes occuring within the Condenser
• Geometry of Condenser shell outline, associated pipework and tube nest is represented through partially and fully blocked grid cells

The pictures (courtesy of Vattenfall Utveckling AB) are as follows:

1. FRONT VIEW - "Church-Window" Condenser Geometrical configuration

2. FRONT VIEW - Gas Velocity Vectors through the centre section of the Condenser

Full information about the PHOENICS calculation can be found in:

E N Jal, H Tinoco 'Mathematical Modelling of Industrial Power Condensers with an application to Droplet Erosion' PHOENICS Publication Reference Number : 1993 No.4

"Church-Window" Condenser Geometrical Configuration
Gas Velocity Vectors through the centre section of the Condenser

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