Wet/dry cooling-system assessment program. Volume 1. Executive summary. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6170106

Englesson, G A; Wilber, K R; Korbin, T M

Water conservation and consumptive water use at utility generating plants are becoming increasingly important in many parts of the United States. The plans submitted discuss an approach to study performance estimates of hybrid cooling technology and to assess heat rejection concepts in order to help utilities better conserve our nation's scarce water resources. Identification of this near-term heat rejection project appears ideally suited to match the EPRI program goals of (1) demonstrating water-conserving cooling systems, (2) validating predictive models, (3) developing guidelines, and (4) developing performance models and test procedures that will be of interest to a substantial number of utilities. In particular, this assessment program includes (1) the instrumenting and testing of the cooling tower, (2) the development of a computer program to simulate operation of the tower and optimize the design and operation of new towers, (3) the development of optimum operating strategies for wet/dry towers, and (4) an engineering evaluation of critical design and operating parameters of wet/dry towers. The Executive Summary provides a brief introduction and background material, major program objectives, an outline of the project organization and responsibilities, and the conceptual program scenarios proposed.

• Research Organization: United Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (USA); Environmental Systems Corp., Knoxville, TN (USA); Public Service Co. of New Mexico, Albuquerque (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6170106
• Report Number(s): EPRI-CS-3130-Vol.1; ON: DE83902585
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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