Deep versus shallow cooling ponds

Technical Report · Mon Jun 18 04:00:00 EDT 1956

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10176115· OSTI ID:10176115

Babcock, D F

Some months ago, the Engineering Department was requested to make an evaluation estimate of the cost of obtaining approximately 150,000 gpm of cooling water from shallow ponds or from cooling towers. Their conclusions (see DPWZ-5305) were (1) that both schemes were feasible and each produced cooling water of approximately the same annual average temperature; (2) the cooling towers could be built more quickly, largely because no additional engineering data were required before construction would start; and (3) the cooling ponds probably would be cheaper. Data obtained from Clark Hill Reservoir in Georgia and Woods Reservoir in Tennessee indicated that significant reductions in the temperature of the cooling water could be made if the water were withdrawn from the deep portion of the reservoir rather than from the surface. Also, it appeared that the water from a reservoir 100 feet deep would be significantly colder than the water obtained from the reservoir only 40 feet deep. The studies reported herein were an attempt to evaluate the benefits that would accrue from obtaining cooling water from a deep lake rather than from a shallow pond.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Wilmington, DE (United States). Explosives Dept.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 10176115
• Report Number(s): DPW--56-272; SR/H--777; ON: DE94017282
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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