Wind guiding vane apparatus

A method for mitigating a detrimental influence of cross winds flowing in the vicinity of a horizontal air-cooled condenser (ACC) and through one or more fans to which ambient air is directed and discharged to the atmosphere after cooling horizontal condenser tubes of said horizontal ACC, comprising:

• a) providing a plurality of support structures supporting the horizontal ACC from below and above an underlying ground surface;
• and
• b) providing one or more stationary wind guiding vanes located below a plurality of condenser tubes of the horizontal ACC, each of said wind guiding vanes connected to, and immobilized by, one or more of said support structures,
• wherein said one or more support structures is configured to position each of said wind guiding vanes connected thereby at a linear and angular position relative to one or more fans of the horizontal ACC, such that each of said wind guiding vanes is
• (1) positioned on, without disturbing, a fan-derived air flow streamline flowing to a corresponding fan of the horizontal ACC during no wind conditions and during operation of the one or more fans of the horizontal ACC and
• (2) coincident with at least a portion of a wind-derived air flow streamline produced during windy conditions, wherein said one or more wind guiding vanes are configured to redirect the air flow during windy conditions towards a portion of said plurality of horizontal condenser tubes and at least one of said fans at such an angle that deviates from perpendicular, fairly horizontal inflow,
• wherein the one or more stationary wind guiding vanes comprises exactly two vertically spaced and elongated wind guiding vanes that are fixed in place below a same longitudinal end of the horizontal ACC,
• wherein the two wind guiding vanes are inclined with respect to an underlying ground surface, such that a downstream edge of each wind guiding vanes is located at a greater height than a corresponding upstream edge thereof and is pointing towards a second lateral end of the horizontal ACC and away from a first lateral end thereof, and
• wherein the two wind guiding vanes are both positioned directly below a same first upstream fan.

A wind guiding apparatus for mitigating a detrimental influence of cross winds flowing in the vicinity of an air-cooled condenser (ACC) and through one or more fans to which ambient air is directed and discharged to the atmosphere after cooling condenser tubes of said ACC, said wind guiding apparatus comprising:

• a) a plurality of support structures supporting the ACC from below and above an underlying ground surface;
• and
• b) one or more stationary wind guiding vanes located below a plurality of condenser tubes of the ACC, each of said wind guiding vanes connected to, and immobilized by, one or more of said support structures,
• wherein said one or more support structures is configured to position each of said wind guiding vanes connected thereby at a linear and angular position relative to one or more fans of the ACC, such that each of said wind guiding vanes is
• (1) positioned on, without disturbing, a fan-derived air flow streamline flowing to a corresponding fan of the ACC during no wind conditions and during operation of the one or more fans of the ACC and
• (2) coincident with at least a portion of a wind-derived air flow streamline produced during windy conditions, wherein said one or more wind guiding vanes are configured to redirect the air flow during windy conditions towards a portion of said plurality of condenser tubes and at least one of said fans at such an angle that deviates from perpendicular, fairly horizontal inflow, wherein the one or more stationary wind guiding vanes comprises exactly two vertically spaced and elongated wind guiding vanes that are fixed in place below a same longitudinal end of the ACC,
• wherein the two wind guiding vanes are inclined with respect to an underlying ground surface, such that a downstream edge of each wind guiding vanes is located at a greater height than a corresponding upstream edge thereof and is pointing towards a second lateral end of the ACC and away from a first lateral end thereof, and
• wherein the two wind guiding vanes are both positioned directly below a same first upstream fan.