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Entrapment in cooling pond discharge

Entrapment in cooling pond discharge

Entrapment in cooling pond discharge

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We have an unprotected dishcarge point from our power plant's cooling pond.  It is possible that swimmers can come near it and we need to decide how to protect against someone becoming trapped in the flow of water.  We are considering either a cage around the discharge or just floating barriers with warning signs.  At it's smallest point the pipe (which starts at the bottom of the pond, about 5 ft below the surface) is 70" diameter and the flow rate is about 1 m3/s.  Therefore, the average flow speed is 1.3 ft/s.  How fast of water flow would be enough to trap a person?

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