2. State of the art
2.1 Benches
Industrial coolers, such as air-cooled condensers, are medium (4 MW) or large (up to 180 MW) capacity units, characterized mainly by their compact size, which requires on-site installation of the various components delivered disassembled.
Air coolers can be made up of a single unit for low and medium air flows (400 m 3 /s), or of several adjacent units for high air flows (up to 9,000 m 3 /s).
The grouping of several air-cooled condensers side by side is called a bench (figure 5 ). The air-cooled condensers installed side by side...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
Main national and international codes
ASME the American Society of Mechanical Engineer. Section VII – Division 1 – Appendix 13.
CODAP Code Français de Construction des Appareils à Pression.
BS (British Standard) English code.
AD-merkblatter German code.
UBC (Uniform Building Code) Code defining the loads to...
Regulations
European Directives (only applicable to air coolers installed within the European Community)
DM 89/392/EEC – Minimum requirements for the protection of persons
PED 97/23/CE – Pressure Elements Directive – Requirements for pressure vessels in relation to the risk they pose to persons
ATEX 94/9/CE & 99/92/CE – Directives for electrical equipment used...
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Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
GEA Batignolles Technologies Thermiques (France) http://www.btt-nantes.comhttp://www/geagroup.com
Balke Dürr (Germany) http://www.balcke-duerr.de
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