The Use of Modern Computational Fluid Dynamics Methods to Simulate the Operation of Submerged Multiport Diffusers in Lake Ontario

摘要

Modern commercial CFD software with sophisticated grid refinement and boundary conditions capabilities was used to simulate the dilution characteristics of proposed multiport wastewater diffusers in interaction with strong recirculating flows produced by the discharge of condenser cooling water from the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station into Lake Ontario. Preliminary attempts to model these interacting flows using either traditional CFD models or industry-standard empirical methods proved unsuccessful.