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Aug 1968
Analyzing Steam Electric Power Plant Discharges
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Volume 94, Issue 4
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The temperature distribution resulting from the advection, dispersion, and cooling of water from a steam electric power plant condenser is analyzed for a station located on a peninsula and discharging near the midpoint of a small narrow estuary. A theoretical temperature distribution equation is developed and used to predict the mean monthly temperatures to be expected within a mile of the discharge point for various levels of operation. Temperatures are related to an equilibrium temperature toward which water temperatures are driven by meteorological conditions. Analyses presented are based on methods developed during a continuing research program sponsored by the Prime Movers Committee of the Edison Electric Institute and conducted by the Department of Environmental Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University.
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Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division
Volume 94 • Issue 4 • August 1968
Pages: 611 - 623
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© 1968 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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John Eric Edinger, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof., Water Resources Engrg., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn.
John C. Geyer, F.ASCE
Chairman, Dept. of Environmental Engrg. Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Md.
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