Performance Analysis of an Updraft Tower System for Dry Cooling in Large-Scale Power Plants

An updraft tower cooling system is assessed for elimination of water use associated with power plant heat rejection. Heat rejected from the power plant condenser is used to warm the air at the base of an updraft tower; buoyancy-driven air flows through a recuperative turbine inside the tower. The se...

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Main Authors: Haotian Liu, Justin Weibel, Eckhard Groll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-11-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/11/1812