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Effects and methods of control of thermal discharges: report by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with Section 104(t) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, to the United States Senate, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session, November 1973. Part 2

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OSTI ID:7156231
Prediction and analysis of temperature distributions resulting from thermal power-plant cooling water circulation are treated as a single problem in hydrodynamics and water body mechanics. General approaches through surface area descriptions and time-temperature relationships are discussed. Properties of initial mixing processes are considered; these processes are analyzed mathematically for the cases of nonbuoyant 2- and 3-dimensional jet discharges, and buoyant surface and submerged discharges. Two- and 3-dimensional intermediate mixing processes are analyzed. Surface heat exchange in large scale mixing processes is discussed; these processes are treated for run of river impoundments and for river, estuary, and coastal water situations.
OSTI ID:
7156231
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English