# Condenser Shell Assembly & New-Build Installation

Shell fabrication, shell assembly and new-build condenser installation at thermal and nuclear plants – assembly platform, bottom plates, side walls and final assembly, followed by tube installation, expansion, trimming, welding and hydro testing.

A surface condenser is made up mainly of the shell, tube bundles, hotwell and waterboxes. Our shell assembly scope covers fabricating and erecting the assembly platform, joining the bottom plates, fitting and welding the side walls, assembling the shell and final assembly of the condenser.

With the shell complete, the tubing work follows: installation, expansion, trimming, welding, dye penetrant testing (if specified) and the hydrostatic test. By our own records we have installed close to one hundred condensers in China; references include Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 and 4 (1,000 MW) and shell assembly for Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4.

## Scope

- Condenser shells for thermal and nuclear units
- Tubing of new-build condensers
- Titanium and stainless steel tubes

## Work steps

1. Fabricate and erect the assembly platform
2. Join the bottom plates
3. Fit and weld the side walls
4. Assemble the shell; final assembly
5. Install, expand, trim and weld the tubes
6. Dye penetrant testing if specified
7. Hydrostatic test

## Duration

Depends on unit rating, condenser design, tube count and the main contractor's schedule; the contract sets the final dates.

## Quality control

- Work to the drawings and qualified welding procedures
- Dye penetrant testing if specified
- Hydrostatic test
- Work records and documentation handed over

## Related projects

- [Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 & 4: New-Build Condenser Tubing](https://www.heatexchangersolution.com/en/projects/tianwan-nuclear-new-units/)
- [Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant, Hainan: Condenser Tubing & Shell Assembly](https://www.heatexchangersolution.com/en/projects/changjiang-nuclear-condenser/)

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