Research Article
Mar 1980
Design Criteria for Cooling-Water Outlet Structures
Publication: Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 106, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper describes some laboratory studies utilizing buoyant and nonbuoyant tracers to investigate the effects of the initial conditions on the lateral mixing of cooling water or wastewater discharges into rivers. The paper begins with a short phenomenological description of the dispersion of cooling-water side discharges into rivers from which a concept for quantifying the effect of the outfall parameters on the near-field mixing is then deduced. By means of a virtual-source concept and two bulk parameters describing the stability of the near-field density stratification and the strength of an assumed reference source, the results can be presented in a straightforward graphical form. These graphs provide a first estimate of design criteria for an outlet structure which, e.g., is to be designed to maximize the rate of near-field mixing for a given cooling-water discharge.
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Journal of the Hydraulics Division
Volume 106 • Issue 3 • March 1980
Pages: 397 - 408
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© 1980 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 3, 2021
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Michael Schatzmann
Dr.-Ing., Scientific Coordinator; Univ. of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Eduard Naudascher, F.ASCE
Prof. and Dir., Inst. of Hydromechanics, Univ. of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
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