Agro-power-waste water complex for land disposal of waste heat and waste water

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:4097196

DeWalle, D R

An Agro-Power-Waste Water Complex was evaluated as a system in which waste heat from power generation was dissipated by recycling hot water through a pipe network buried in agricultural land. Concurrently, municipal waste water was renovated by sprinkler irrigation on the land and served to maintain a high soil moisture content and soil thermal conductivity. A 0.23 acre field prototype of the Agro-Power-Waste Water Complex was constructed and measurements were obtained of soil temperature, soil thermal conductivity, heat dissipation, degree of waste water renovation, soil surface temperature used in a system analysis. The systems analysis indicated 4500 acres of land with 2-in diameter pipe buried at 1-ft depth and 2-ft spacing in sandy soil would be required for a 1500 MWe nuclear electric plant. A nuclear fuel penalty concept was used in comparing this system with conventional heat dissipation systems. The preliminary results of a system design and cost analysis indicated the concept was less expensive than dry-cooling towers but more expensive than wet-cooling towers. (GRA)

• Research Organization: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA). Inst. for Research on Land and Water Resources
• NSA Number: NSA-33-019617
• OSTI ID: 4097196
• Report Number(s): PB--239675
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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