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J4 Mixing and Spray Condensation

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1 Introduction

Spray condensers are condensers in which the steam to be condensed is immediately brought into contact with the cooling medium [1].

Compared to surface condensers, mixing condensers offer a number of advantages:

  • low investment costs,

  • large specific heat transfer surface,

  • low fouling,

  • easy maintenance,

  • high operational reliability,

  • low cooling water requirement,

  • can be designed in materials that are not suitable for surface condensers.

The most important disadvantage of a spray condenser is the fact that the applications are limited because in many cases the contact of the condensate with the cooling medium is not allowed.

Mixing condensers are primarily used [2–9]:

  • in connection with steam jet vacuum pumps,

  • in demineralization systems,

  • in connection with evaporation plants, in particular in the sugar and potash industry,

  • in steam jet cooling systems,

  • as water heaters,

  • to condense the turbine steam in power stations, in connection with dry cooling towers.

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    Hochberg, U. (2010). J4 Mixing and Spray Condensation. In: VDI Heat Atlas. VDI-Buch. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77877-6_62

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