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Title: Comprehensive study of drift from mechanical draft cooling towers

Abstract

A comprehensive experiment to study drift from mechanical draft cooling towers was conducted. The data from this study are to be used for drift deposition model validation. Results show the effects of tower geometry and orientation with respect to the wind and to single or two tower operation. The effect of relative humidity on droplet evaporation as a function of downwind distance can also be seen.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
5614424
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-7515; CONF-7905132-1
DOE Contract Number:  
EY-76-C-06-1830
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Annual METER report conference, Knoxville, TN, USA, May 1979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL DRAFT COOLING TOWERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; GASEOUS WASTES; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CONFIGURATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; DISTANCE; DROPLETS; EVALUATION; EVAPORATION; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FUEL OILS; GRAPHS; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; WIND; COLLOIDS; COOLING TOWERS; DATA FORMS; DISPERSIONS; FUELS; MASS TRANSFER; OILS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; SIZE; SOLS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WASTES; 500100* - Environment, Atmospheric- Basic Studies- (-1989); 200200 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Waste Management

Citation Formats

Laulainen, N. S. Comprehensive study of drift from mechanical draft cooling towers. United States: N. p., 1979. Web.
Laulainen, N. S. Comprehensive study of drift from mechanical draft cooling towers. United States.
Laulainen, N. S. 1979. "Comprehensive study of drift from mechanical draft cooling towers". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5614424.
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abstractNote = {A comprehensive experiment to study drift from mechanical draft cooling towers was conducted. The data from this study are to be used for drift deposition model validation. Results show the effects of tower geometry and orientation with respect to the wind and to single or two tower operation. The effect of relative humidity on droplet evaporation as a function of downwind distance can also be seen.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1979},
month = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1979}
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