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Cooling towers on power stations - why?

Stephen Biddle
Hi All


I was working on a power station in Oman last month and it was gas fired with condensing steam turbines - no evaporation.  This week I'm working on a coal fired one in Poland, which has cooling towers and evaporation.  Is it something to do with the gas or just that they have no water in Oman?


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Stephen
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    Not sure I understand what is meant by " gas fired with condensing steam turbines". Does this mean a gas boiler heating water to make steam which drives a turbine? This would need something to condense the steam and transfer the heat to something else (air, river, sea). Could it not have been gas turbines?
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    Not sure I understand what is meant by " gas fired with condensing steam turbines". Does this mean a gas boiler heating water to make steam which drives a turbine? This would need something to condense the steam and transfer the heat to something else (air, river, sea). Could it not have been gas turbines?
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