The air cooling technology is widely applied to the thermal power plant in the north area lacked in water in our country.In this paper,the development of the overseas air cooled condenser (ACC) system and indirect surface condenser (ISC) system and indirect mixing condenser(IMC) system as well as development status of large capacity air cooling technology in our country have been simply described,the technical characteristics of ACC system and ISC system,IMC system have been summarized,the comparison on its economics have been carried out,the problems which should be taken into account when selecting ACC system and ISC system,IMC system are put forward.