Detroit Edison conquers zebra mussels

Journal Article · Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1993 · Power Engineering; (United States)

OSTI ID:5589147

Harwood, D B; Buda, D J ^[1]

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1. Detroit Edison Co., MI (United States)

A potentially troublesome zebra mussel infestation at Detroit Edison's Harbor Beach Power Plant was nipped in time. Reducing the oxygen content of water inside the plant's water systems and using steam to thermally treat a colony of mussels that was established in the plant's screenhouse prevented the problem. So successful was the temperature treatment that it will be used regularly as part of the plant's annual mussel removal program.

• OSTI ID: 5589147
• Journal Information: Power Engineering; (United States), Vol. 97:11; ISSN 0032-5961
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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