Power GenerationEfficient Condenser Operation

Efficient Condenser Operation

SKU: HR01600CEN
Duration: 1.00 Hr

This course is designed to explain how three general categories of problems can affect condenser vacuum, efficiency, and unit heat rate. After completing this course, participants should be able to describe how tube fouling and blockages, air leakage into the condenser, and circulating water flow and temperature problems affect efficiency and unit heat rate. They should also be able to identify ways to recognize and respond to these problems.
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Course Details

Learning Objectives

Tube Fouling and Blockages

  • Explain how condenser tube fouling and blockages affect condenser vacuum, heat rate, and fuel consumption.
  • Describe ways to recognize tube fouling and blockages.
  • Describe ways to correct tube fouling and blockages. Air In-Leakage
  • Explain how air leakage into a condenser affects heat rate.
  • Describe common causes of air in-leakage.
  • Describe methods that can be used to detect air in-leakage.
  • Describe responses to air in-leakage. Circulating Water Problems
  • Explain how circulating water flow and temperature problems affect heat rate.
  • Describe causes of insufficient circulating water flow.
  • Describe ways to recognize and correct insufficient circulating water flow.
  • Describe causes of increased circulating water inlet temperature.
  • Describe ways to recognize and respond to increased circulating water inlet temperature.

    • Specs

    Course Level Intermediate
    Languages English
    Compatibility Audio, Video, MobileReady

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