scholarly journals A Process for Evaluating Adverse Environmental Impacts by Cooling-Water System Entrainment at a California Power Plant

2002 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 81-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.P. Ehrler ◽  
J.R. Steinbeck ◽  
E.A. Laman ◽  
J.B. Hedgepeth ◽  
J.R. Skalski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Larval Mortality ◽  
Water System ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Water Quality Control ◽  
Plant Effects

A study to determine the effects of entrainment by the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) was conducted between 1996 and 1999 as required under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act. The goal of this study was to present the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCRWQCB) with results that could be used to determine if any adverse environmental impacts (AEIs) were caused by the operation of the plant’s cooling-water intake structure (CWIS). To this end we chose, under guidance of the CCRWQCB and their entrainment technical working group, a unique approach combining three different models for estimating power plant effects: fecundity hindcasting (FH), adult equivalent loss (AEL), and the empirical transport model (ETM). Comparisons of the results from these three approaches provided us a relative measure of confidence in our estimates of effects. A total of 14 target larval fish taxa were assessed as part of the DCPP 316(b). Example results are presented here for the kelp, gopher, and black-and-yellow (KGB) rockfish complex and clinid kelpfish. Estimates of larval entrainment losses for KGB rockfish were in close agreement (FH is approximately equals to 550 adult females per year, AEL is approximately equals to 1,000 adults [male and female] per year, and ETM = larval mortality as high as 5% which could be interpreted as ca. 2,600 1 kg adult fish). The similar results from the three models provided confidence in the estimated effects for this group. Due to lack of life history information needed to parameterize the FH and AEL models, effects on clinid kelpfish could only be assessed using the ETM model. Results from this model plus ancillary information about local populations of adult kelpfish suggest that the CWIS might be causing an AEI in the vicinity of DCPP.

Study on Biological Aerated Filter as Enhanced Pretreatment Process of Coagulation and Sedimentation

2013 ◽  
Vol 726-731 ◽  
pp. 1940-1944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Shen ◽  
Han Xiao ◽  
Wan Qiu Yang ◽  
De Ren Miao ◽  
Xiao Ming Li
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Water System ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Ammonia Nitrogen ◽  
Secondary Effluent ◽  
Biological Aerated Filter ◽  
Sedimentation Process ◽  
Cooling Water System ◽  
Circulating Cooling Water ◽  
Aerated Filter

Using coagulation and sedimentation process in the advanced treatment of urban secondary effluent which can be recycled to circulating cooling water system in power plant is only perform well on CODCrand turbidity removal. But the concentrations of organic matter and NH3in effluent can not meet the requirements of circulating cooling water. Therefore, in this study, the feasibility of biological aerated filter (BAF) as a pretreatment enhancing coagulation and sedimentation process was discussed. Achieved by controlling the two operating modes: (1) secondary effluentcoagulation and sedimentationeffluent; (2) secondary effluent BAFcoagulation and sedimentation effluent.The results show that the BAF pretreatment removes ammonia nitrogen effectively, and the turbidity and CODCrof effluent of BAF-coagulation sedimentation process is much lower than individual coagulation and sedimentation process. The final effluent qualities meet the requirements of circulating cooling water system in power plant.

Research and Discussion on Electro-Magnetic Treatment in Circulating Cooling Water of Power Plant

2013 ◽  
Vol 732-733 ◽  
pp. 382-386
Author(s):  
Ni Zhang Xiao ◽  
Nan Zhang Xiao ◽  
Long Wu Wen ◽  
Rui Ju Zhao ◽  
Chun Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Chemical Treatment ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Water System ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Magnetic Treatment ◽  
Treatment Technology ◽  
Cooling Water System ◽  
Circulating Cooling Water ◽  
Electro Magnetic

The effects of anti-scale, anti-corrosion and disinfection of circulating cooling water with electro-magnetic treatment and chemical treatment in the laboratory are compared. The applications of electro-magnetic treatment in power plants are summarized and discussed. The results of both experiments and applications in power plants show that the electro-magnetic treatment can be used in particular conditions, but the development of electro-magnetic treatment technology is immature. This technology used in circulating cooling water system in power plants should be further proved by more experiments and field applications.

The Control of Biological Corrosion in Cooling Water System of a Power Plant

2008 ◽  
pp. 153-158
Author(s):  
C.-M. Lee ◽  
L.-F. Wu ◽  
S.-D. Chyou ◽  
S.-T. Kuo ◽  
S.-J. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Water System ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Cooling Water System ◽  
Biological Corrosion

Design of Condenser Cooling Water System for a Nuclear Power Plant Located on a Large Estuary

1970 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Jeffers ◽  
J. C. Geyer ◽  
L. C. Neale
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Water System ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Aquatic Life ◽  
Cooling Water System ◽  
Dispersion Patterns ◽  
State Water ◽  
Jet Theory

A coordinated program is described for developing information needed for designing a condenser cooling water system for a nuclear power plant located on a large estuary to meet State water quality standards and minimize any adverse effects on aquatic life. The paper discusses estuarine conditions pertinent to the design of the intake and discharge structures, the heat assimilative capacity of the estuary, application of the momentum jet theory to the condenser cooling water discharges, and hydraulic model investigations to determine mixing and dispersion patterns.

scholarly journals Experimentally economic analysis of ORC power plant with low-temperature waste heat recovery

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Li ◽  
Leren Tao ◽  
Qingpu Li ◽  
Yongpan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Low Temperature ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Water System ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
Commercial Application

Abstract Due to the low boiling point of organic fluids, the organic Rankine cycle (ORC) is an effective way to improve the recovery efficiency of low-temperature waste heat. An ORC power plant was established with an actual generating capacity of 16.3 kW. As the ORC technology is in the initial stage of commercial application, a technical and economic analysis has been conducted in this paper. Through analysis of each part investment of the power generation plant, it is found that the ORC system part accounts for 61% of the total initial investment, and the larger the power generation scale, the larger the proportion. An economic model has been proposed to study the economic feasibility of low-temperature industrial waste heat conversion in this plant. The influences of the installation of cooling water system, preheater, superheater, loan ratio, interest rate on electricity production cost (EPC) and profit are analyzed. According to the analysis, the lowest EPC of the plant is 0.46 Yuan/(kW • h).

Ultrasonic Inspection of Large Diameter Polyethylene Pipe Used in Nuclear Power Plant

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Shi ◽  
Dongsheng Hou ◽  
Weican Guo ◽  
Yaoda Zhou ◽  
Xia Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Ultrasonic Inspection ◽  
Water System ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Operating Pressure ◽  
Traditional Natural

Polyethylene (PE) pipe has many advantages such as good flexibility, corrosion resistance and long service life. It has been introduced into nuclear power plants for transportation of cooling water both in U.S. and Europe. Recently, one Chinese nuclear power plant in Zhejiang Province also introduced four polyethylene pipelines in essential cooling water system with operating pressure of 0.6MPa and operating temperature of no more than 60°C. The PE pipes used in this nuclear power plant are DN762 SDR9 (30in OD, 3.3in wall), which are much larger and thicker than traditional natural gas PE pipe. As the pipe wall is so thick that the ultrasonic phased array instrument used in inspection of PE pipe with diameter less than 400mm has been improved. Results of field inspection in the Sanmen nuclear plant are reported, and the presented ultrasonic inspection technique proves to be effective for high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe of large size in nuclear power plant.

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