Review of shell-and-tube heat exchanger fouling and corrosion in geothermal power plant service

Heat exchangers for hot geofluid/working substance vaporizers for binary power plants are considered. A brief description of the physical test apparatus and the geofluid chemistry for each of the several heat exchanger tests is presented. The fouling data developed from these tests are summarized, i...

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Main Author: Ellis, P.F. II
Language:unknown
Published: 2010
Subjects:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS
BINARY-FLUID SYSTEMS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
CORROSION
FOULING
PERFORMANCE
EAST MESA GEOTHERMAL FIELD
GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS
HEBER GEOTHERMAL FIELD
ICELAND
SALTON SEA GEOTHERMAL FIELD
WATER CHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EUROPE
FLUIDS
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
ISLANDS
POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WESTERN EUROPE
Iceland
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5488087
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5488087
https://doi.org/10.2172/5488087
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Summary:Heat exchangers for hot geofluid/working substance vaporizers for binary power plants are considered. A brief description of the physical test apparatus and the geofluid chemistry for each of the several heat exchanger tests is presented. The fouling data developed from these tests are summarized, in most cases presenting a mathematical expression for the increase in fouling factor with time. The materials performance data developed from these same tests are explored. The performance of shell-and-tube heat exchangers used as condensers and ancillary coolers in the power plant heat rejection system is considered.

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