In fossil power plants, fluid coolers are used to cool the working fluid after it has been used to generate electricity in the Rankine cycle. Dry-cooled systems use air instead of water to cool the steam exiting a turbine and can decrease total power plant water consumption by more than 90 percent,

AIR COOLED CONDENSERS AND FLUID COOLERSWhat is a fluid cooler?To begin, we need to define what a Fluid Cooler is. They are basically a mix of fans and coils designed in such a way that fluid can travel through the coil several times. This permits air to travel around the whole perimeter of the coil.

A dry cooler, also known as an air-cooled heat exchanger or air cooler, is a device that uses ambient air as a cooling medium to transfer heat from a hot fluid to a cooler fluid. Unlike traditional water-cooled systems that use water to absorb heat from a process or machine, dry coolers rely on air

In power plants, the largest use of water is in the cooling system, as large amounts of heat must be removed to condense the steam used to drive the turbine generators. Historically, cooling was provided by water sources - rivers and lakes - but nowadays, an increasing number of power plants use dry