HIGH-PERFORMANCE AIR COOLED CONDENSER IN ANY WIND CONDITIONS
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The experiment aims to develop a high-fidelity CFD procedure for windscreen design, create a digital twin of a plant with and without screens, link the digital twin to a payback period calculator, and apply HPC methodologies for non-conventional windscreen applications in industrial plants.
Start date: 01/06/2021
Duration in months: 18
Problem Description
Galebreaker has provided wind shields to mitigate performance declines caused by strong winds on Air Cooled Condensers, affecting power generation plant efficiency. They collaborated with Ergon Research to calculate performance losses and optimize windscreen design using CFD.
Goals
New services
Challenges
Windscreen layout design is challenging due to unique configurations and local wind conditions. Limited computational resources, simplifications, and time limitations hinder optimal exploitation of computational predictions, limiting yearly savings and maintenance benefits.
Innovation results
HPC has revolutionized Galebreaker’s application by identifying windscreen layouts that reduce wind losses by 85%. It improved analysis accuracy, reduced time, labour and enabled real-time performance predictions, enabling more trustable design guidelines and faster customization of digital twins.
Business impact
HPC's High-Fidelity approach reduced screen layout optimization time by 30%, allowing more accurate thermal outputs for ACCs. It promotes credibility, allows direct analysis of dynamic fan blade loading, quantifies cost reduction, and estimates plant performance at various wind conditions.