Dissipation of the reactor heat at the Savannah River Plant

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1971

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6216185· OSTI ID:6216185

Neill, J S; Babcock, D F

The effluent cooling water from the heat exchangers of the Savannah River nuclear reactors is cooled by natural processes as it flows through the stream beds, canals, ponds, and swamps on the plant site. The Langhaar equation, which gives the rate of heat removal from the water surface as a function of the surface temperature, air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed, is applied satisfactorily to calculate the cooling that occurs at all temperature levels and for all modes of water flow. The application of this equation requires an accounting of effects such as solar heating, shading, mixing, staging, stratification, underflow, rainfall, the imposed heat load, and the rate of change in heat content of the body of water.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6216185
• Report Number(s): DP-1274; ON: DE83013091
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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