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Title: Methods of control of thermal discharges. Report to the Congress by the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with Section 104(t) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, Part 2. U. S. , Congress, Senate, Committee on Public Works, Ninety-Third Congress, First Session, November 1973

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OSTI ID:7337499

Existing thermal pollution control technology is described together with topics in continuing research and development. Subjects include engineering problems of waste heat dissipation; evaporative losses with once-through cooling systems; the characteristics of natural and mechanical draft wet towers, spray ponds and powered spray systems, cooling ponds, natural and mechanical draft dry towers, and hybrid cooling systems; cooling water treatment problems; profitable uses of waste heat; and the technology of power plant intake structures.

Research Organization:
Hittman Associates, Inc., Columbia, Md. (USA)
OSTI ID:
7337499
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English