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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1993
Balcke-Durr Aktiengesellschaft, Ratingen, DE;
Abstract
A natural draft cooling tower for condensing turbine steam of a power plant is comprised of identical sectors assembled to form the cooling tower. A central steam inlet line terminates in radial distributing lines. Each sector has one of the radial distributing lines. Each sector has first heat exchanger elements operating in a condensational manner and second heat exchanger elements operating in a dephlegmational manner, with the second heat exchanger elements arranged downstream of the first heat exchanger elements. The second heat exchanger elements are each provided with a fan. Each sector has an inert gas line connected to the second heat exchanger elements and a condensate removal line connected to the first and the second heat exchangers. Each sector further comprises an independent support frame for supporting the first and the second heat exchanger elements. The first heat exchanger elements are connected to the support frame such that their longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the radial distributing line and extends in a plane parallel to the radial plane of the radial distributing lines.