Unconfined thermal discharges near free surfaces
Abstract
The problem of discharging hot condenser cooling water from a power plant into a nearby natural body of water was considered in regard to thermal pollution control. An analytical and experimental study of shallow submerged two dimensional heated jets emanating from a slot into an ambient temperature water channel was conducted. Information on the free mixing of the jets near and at the free surface with no confinement at the jet exit plane was presented to elucidate the differences between the jets and those with confinement. In addition, results of the temperature distribution in the receiving water as a function of the initial temperature difference between the heated discharge and the ambient water, the slot height, and the submergency are presented.
- Publication:
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Ph.D. Thesis
- Pub Date:
- December 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976PhDT........86W
- Keywords:
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- Heat Transmission;
- Water Circulation;
- Water Resources;
- Water Temperature;
- Electric Power Plants;
- Flow Distribution;
- Fluid Jets;
- Pollution Control;
- Thermal Pollution;
- Water Pollution;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer