The atmospheric condenser on a ship is a heat exchanger that cools steam to the required condensed water under atmospheric pressure. It is an important component of the ship's steam system, mainly used to recover the heat of steam and improve the energy utilization efficiency of the ship.

Working Principle

The atmospheric condenser achieves the purpose of steam condensation by exchanging heat between hot and cold media. Specifically, the steam with higher temperature transfers heat to the cooling water with lower temperature through the condenser tube, and the steam releases latent heat of vaporization and is condensed into liquid water. For example, in some ship - type atmospheric condensers, seawater is usually used as cooling water, which enters the shell from the seawater inlet flange and flows out from the seawater outlet flange, while the steam enters from the steam inlet and flows to the condensate outlet after being condensed in the heat - transfer tube bundle.