16-25: Wind Effects On Air Cooled Condensers: Insights From The Wind-Tunnel Environmental Impact and conventional power (surface and

and conventional power (surface and salt water cooled)

and the value of having a good executable contingency plan in place

more stringent restrictions on permitted discharge consents and/or increased cost or reduced availability of good quality water have emerged or developed in some parts of the world

The second phase

we will establish the

16-25: Wind Effects On Air Cooled Condensers: Insights From The Wind-Tunnel Environmental Impact and conventional power (surface andAir Cooled Condensers (ACCs) offer a way to significantly reduce U. S. water consumption but are susceptible to adverse wind conditions. An ongoing interdisciplinary research project is investigating the effects of wind on the thermal performance of ACCs with a field study of an existing full scale combined cycle power plant, wind tunnel study, and a high fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. This presentation will focus on the insights