Use of Cooling Ponds and Hydraulic Turbines to Save SRP (Savannah River Plant) Energy Consumption

摘要

A substantial amount of energy can be saved by using cooling ponds to supply C and K reactors with cooling water. Hydraulic turbines between the reactor and the cooling pond can recover some of the power used to pump cooling water to the reactors. Cooling ponds would also reduce effluent temperature in the swamps adjacent to the Savannah River. Cooling ponds are evaluated in this memorandum. (ERA citation 09:004696)