Declining performance of a large compressor-driven steam turbine's surface condenser at Shell Chemical LP's petrochemical complex in Norco, La., was constraining an associated process unit to a ...

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If coal and natural gas power generation were 2% more efficient, then, every year, there could be 460 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide released and 2 trillion fewer gallons of water used. A recent ...

SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Aug 7, 2013) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Surface condensers, which are water-cooled shell and tube heat exchangers, are typically ...

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In a power plant, the primary use of vacuum systems is to remove air and other noncondensable gases from the shell side of the condenser in order to maintain design heat transfer and thus design ...