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Environmental impact assessment of cooling towers

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7286352
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The increasing numbers of large cooling towers make it essential to consider the environmental effects. The following methods of quantitatively assessing their impact are reviewed: drift loss deposition; determination of chromium and zinc concentrations in vegetation; droplet size distribution; and emission from stacks of airborne particulates. Mechanisms by which salt concentrations increase in the watershed of cooling towers are discussed. Atmospheric effects produced by cooling towers are described. (HLW)
Research Organization:
Sierra Club, San Francisco, Calif. (USA). National Water Resources Committee
OSTI ID:
7286352
Report Number(s):
CONF-750401-5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOLS
AIR POLLUTION
BIOMASS
CHROMIUM
COLLOIDS
COOLING TOWERS
DISPERSIONS
DROPLETS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
EMISSION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
METALS
PARTICLE SIZE
PARTICLES
PLANTS
POLLUTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SIZE
SOLS
STACKS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
ZINC