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Yellowstone ACC Rebundle ProjectPresented at the ACC Users Group Annual Conference
San Diego, CA – September 22 – 25, 2014
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GEA Heat Exchangers, Inc.
National Steel Erection, Inc.
Titan Fabricators, Inc.
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YELLOWSTONE POWER PLANT AIR COOLED
CONDENSER
Owner: Yellowstone Energy Limited Partnership (YELP) & Billings Generation Inc.
Operator: Rosebud Operating Services, Inc.
Owner’s Engineer: Burns Engineering Services, Inc.
Original ACC OEM: Zurn Balcke-Durr
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Yellowstone Power Plant Air Cooled Condenser
Located in Billings, Montana,
70 MW (Gross) Cogeneration Plant, Petroleum Coke Fired,
Process Steam Supplied to the Exxon-Mobil Refinery,
Air Cooled Condenser, 10 Fan Cells with 26’ Diameter Fans,
3 Row Galvanized Steel Elliptical Fin Tube Heat Exchangers,
Commissioned in 1995.
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2011 YELP Presentation at the ACCUG Conference Noted:
• Frozen Tube Damage• Debris Trapped Behind Support Beams• Tube Holes at Tube/Header Connections• Severe Debris Build Up on Tube Fins• Debris consists of Cottonwood Tree Pollen,
Coke, Dust, and Flyash
Frozen Tube Damage
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2011 YELP Presentation at the ACCUG Conference Noted:
• Frozen Tube Damage• Debris Trapped Behind Support Beams• Tube Holes at Tube/Header Connections• Severe Debris Build Up on Tube Fins• Debris consists of Cottonwood Tree Pollen,
Coke, Dust, and Flyash
Corrosion Build-up Behind Support Beam
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2011 YELP Presentation at the ACCUG Conference Noted:
• Frozen Tube Damage• Debris Trapped Behind Support Beams• Tube Holes at Tube/Header Connections• Severe Debris Build Up on Tube Fins• Debris consists of Cottonwood Tree Pollen,
Coke, Dust, and Flyash
Tube Holes at Tube/Header Connections
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2011 YELP Presentation at the ACCUG Conference Noted:
• Frozen Tube Damage• Debris Trapped Behind Support Beams• Tube Holes at Tube/Header Connections• Severe Debris Build Up on Tube Fins• Debris consists of Cottonwood Tree Pollen,
Coke, Dust, and Flyash
Severe Debris Build Up on Tube Fins
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YELP Rebundle Project Technical Requirements:
Single Row Finned Tube Heat Exchanger Design
New Design to be Compatible with Existing ACC Geometry & Equip
Operable with Proven Freeze Protection System to -30°F
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ALEX® Heat Exchanger Bundles: Single Row, Carbon Steel, Aluminum Fin
PRESENTED AT THE AIR COOLED CONDENSER USERS GROUP ANNUAL CONFERENCE ‐ SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ‐ SEPTEMBER 22‐25, 2014 9
• Manufactured Exclusively in GEA Owned and Controlled Factories
• Lightweight Heat Exchanger with High Structural Rigidity
• Factory Vacuum Test Performed on Entire Bundle; not Individual Tubes
• Straight-through Fins Offer Superior Cleanability(high pressure water spray)
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Freeze Protection Improvements:
PRESENTED AT THE AIR COOLED CONDENSER USERS GROUP ANNUAL CONFERENCE ‐ SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ‐ SEPTEMBER 22‐25, 201410
• Single row tube design inherently more freeze resistant than multi-row tube designs.
• Prior to rebundle, no control logic was being utilized contributing to the widespread freeze damage.
• Control logic to prevent freezing of the ACC down to -30°F.
• This logic has proven successful in numerous ACC installations around the world including Canada, Alaska and Siberia.
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ALEX® Heat Exchanger Bundles Delivered And Preassembled Into Four Bundle Subassemblies.
PRESENTED AT THE AIR COOLED CONDENSER USERS GROUP ANNUAL CONFERENCE ‐ SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA ‐ SEPTEMBER 22‐25, 2014 11
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ALEX® Finned Tube Heat Exchanger Bundles were
preassembled and stored on a temporary frame, sized to the actual
ACC Dimensions.
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Pre-Outage activities were utilized where possible to reduce outage duration.
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First Steam Riser Duct Elbow being removed.
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Existing Finned Tube Heat Exchanger bundles being removed.
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The existing Fan Deck was modified and new slide bars were installed. New cell partition walls were installed to accommodate the
revised bundle pitch angle.
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The new ALEX® Fin Tubed Heat Exchanger Bundles installed.
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Air Removal Pipe headers welded to the Dephlegmator cells.
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New Steam Distribution Duct sections.
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Wind wall installation.
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The existing Steam Distribution Duct Elbow was reused with new
Expansion Joints.
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The newly rebundled YELP ACC awaiting the final piece of wind
wall metal siding.
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Rebundle Project Results
ZBD Original Pre Outage Rebundle Post OutageDesign Test 4/15/14 Guarantee/ Performance
Comparable* Test 9/15/14
Turbine Exhaust Steam Flow (Lbs/Hr) 463,700 480,570 523,677/481,800
Dry Bulb Temperature 83°F 52.5°F 83°F
Turbine Back Pressure (Inches HgA) 7.5 6.45 8.41/7.5
ACC Thermal Performance 100% 65% ** 100%/103.8%*** 109.3%****
* Comparable value selected at same ambient temperature and turbine backpressure. Under similar ambient conditions andbackpressure, the rebundled ACC has a calculated design improvement in steam flow of ~3.8%
** Not a Code Test, Estimated Performance based on Data from Plant Instrumentation and the ZBD Original Design Performance Curves
*** Rebundle Design Heat Load Capacity exceeds the Original OEM Design by 3.8 %
**** ACC performs 9.3% above the design, in terms of steam flow admittance
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Preassembly & Installation Duration - 3 months All Material Delivery and Installation on Schedule Effort Completed on Budget Zero Recordable Incidents New ALEX® Design Provides More Generating Capacity for Life of
the Plant ACC Performance Test Result: 109.3 % of Current Contract Guarantee