"All of us are creatures of a day; the rememberer and remembered alike." - Marcus Aurelius
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Showing posts with label cooling tower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooling tower. Show all posts
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Obstacles and their resolution
Monday, September 19, 2022
Erin Brockovich, cooling tower chemistry, and scientific fraud
"Life is neither good nor evil, but only a place for good and evil." - Marcus Aurelius
Sunday, August 18, 2013
The steam cycle
I have been meaning to do a post on the steam cycle, otherwise known as the Rankine Cycle. It's pretty simple to describe the four-step process. The complicated part is designing, maintaining, and operating the machinery that makes it happen continuously, year after year.
The water/steam cycle is the most practical and commonly used means of converting heat energy into electrical energy. The process works like this: Fuel is burned for heat. The heat vaporizes a liquid (typically very pure water), which is then expanded through a steam turbine. Lastly it is condensed at very low pressure to extract all possible thermal energy and also to re-use the pure water.
The water/steam cycle is the most practical and commonly used means of converting heat energy into electrical energy. The process works like this: Fuel is burned for heat. The heat vaporizes a liquid (typically very pure water), which is then expanded through a steam turbine. Lastly it is condensed at very low pressure to extract all possible thermal energy and also to re-use the pure water.
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