Modelling of Dilution of Thermal Discharges in Enclosed Coastal Waters

BALAS L., İNAN A., Genc A. N.

RESEARCH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENT, cilt.17, sa.10, ss.82-89, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Dergi Adı: RESEARCH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.82-89
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Modelling, thermal discharge, dilution, hydrodynamics, wind climate, wave climate, NUMERICAL-MODEL, TRANSPORT
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In enclosed coastal areas, such as estuaries and bays, where water exchange is limited, the discharges of industrial and power plant facilities result in change in the temperature of water. This change threats significantly living organisms in the water. For this reason, the effects of heated discharges must be investigated prior to discharging, considering its near field and far field dilutions. The near field and far field dilutions of thermal discharges are simulated by HYDROTAM-3D which is an unsteady three-dimensional baroclinic hydrodynamic and transport model that has been developed to simulate the transport processes in coastal water bodies. It has hydrodynamic, transport, turbulence and wave model components.