DRY COOLING SYSTEM FOR POWER PLANTS

The mandetory application of dry cooling because of shortage of cooling water often leads to the question whether the air cooled condenser - the direct condensing system-or the indirect dry cooling plant is the adequate solution. Today , there are actually four dry cooling concepts available: - The mechanical draught air cooled condenser - The natural draught air cooled condenser - The indirect dry cooling system with natural draught cooling tower - The mechanical draught indirect dry cooling system In this paper the above cooling concepts has been considered & compared.