SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARTICLE-ENHANCED DRY HEAT REJECTION AND THERMAL STORAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20210231387A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-29

    申请号:US16618711

    申请日:2019-05-02

    IPC分类号: F28D20/02

    摘要: The present disclosure is directed to dry cooling systems and methods that use particles to drastically increase air-side heat transfer for dry cooling. The systems may be used for the dry cooling of power plants and other industrial processes that require cooling. The systems further use moving particles to remove heat from a hot fluid or system through a heat exchanger of some form. This may be a fluidized bed or moving bed heat exchanger, or similar concept. The moving particles are then cooled easily with exposure to air, the ultimate heat sink. Particles enable thermal ‘cold’ storage that can increase cooling and power cycle efficiencies, especially in arid climates, by cooling particle storage at night. This novel cooling method decreases both capital and operating expenses compared with traditional air-cooled units by a factor of four and two, respectively.