It is generally known that excessive turbine back pressure is easily determined so that corrective actions can be taken promptly. However, small amounts of excess back pressure often go unnoticed and can cost millions of dollars over the long haul. RheoVac instruments continuously monitor air in-leakage, exhauster capacity and other parameters to give you the information needed to identify small deficiencies and diagnose operating problems. This allows you to keep the condenser system operating at its highest performance level.
What Are the Benefits?
Air in-leakage can affect back pressure, DO, and corrosion, which in turn can have significant short-term and long-term cost effects on the entire generating unit. To learn more about the impact of air in-leak on condenser performance, and how Bionetics can help you quantify and locate the leaks in your condenser, visit Condenser Pressure and Air In-Leakage. The RheoVac Air In-Leak Monitor is a unique multi-sensor instrument which provides real-time data to monitor the performance of your condenser which, if properly addressed, can affect all three of these problems.
RheoVac instruments help you to:
Quantify and locate air in-leak
Detect tube fouling
Reduce heat rate
Decrease corrosion
Identify lost load
Minimize excess fuel usage
Increase availability
Improve water chemistry
How Do They Work?
RheoVac monitors use unique multi-sensor probes to measure or compute various parameters in the condenser exhaust line. The four primary sensors measure flow, temperature, pressure and relative saturation. An electronics unit, connected to either one or more probes, displays the parameters locally, and provides an output,