Environmental Assessment of Power Plant Spray Cooling Systems. Experimental Program to Evaluate and Minimize the Environmental Effects of Spray Module Cooling Systems for the State of New York.

摘要

The report presents the conclusions and recommendations for an experimental program to evaluate and minimize the environmental effects of spray module cooling systems for the state of New York. It is recommended that an environmental performance test be conducted at the Authority's spray module facility using commercially available state-of-the art spray modules from different manufactures. The thermal performance as well as the environmental effects of each module would be quantified. Upon completion of the initial testing,experiments will be designed to determine methods that will reduce drift,icing and fogging due to the operation of spray modules. Scavenging and other techniques to reduce the environmental impacts of spray module operation will be investigated.