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1. Operational and Environmental Issues Relating to Industrial Cooling Water Systems: An Overview

Authors : Vayalam P. Venugopalan, Sanjeevi Rajagopal, Henk A. Jenner

Published in: Operational and Environmental Consequences of Large Industrial Cooling Water Systems

Publisher: Springer US

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Abstract

Water is acknowledged to be one of the most essential commodities for almost all kinds of industrial activity. Among the various industrial uses of water, its use as a heat removal fluid is of foremost importance. Thermoelectric generation, which is but one of the several industries that use water, accounts for more than 50% of all such use. The industrial use of water, especially in rapidly developing countries, is expected to grow further and aggravate an already precarious situation concerning availability of and demand for water. Accelerated growth in the power generation industry alone will account for a major share of this demand. A typical thermal power plant of 2,000 MWe capacity, on an average, needs cooling water at the rate of 65 m3/s; the requirement would be about 50% more in the case of a nuclear power plant (Ecological effects of thermal discharges. Elsevier Applied Science, London. 1990, pp. 28–103). Most of this water is used for low-energy steam condensation.

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Metadata
Title
Operational and Environmental Issues Relating to Industrial Cooling Water Systems: An Overview
Authors
Vayalam P. Venugopalan
Sanjeevi Rajagopal
Henk A. Jenner
Copyright Year
2012
Publisher
Springer US
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1698-2_1