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Plume Abatement

Plume Abatement

Plume Abatement

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Has anyone done a project on Plume Abatement for Cooling Towers?  What is the best way of doing this?  As of right now I don't have access to hot water at the site.  Would I need to put a boiler on the site for this?  Is there any other energy efficient way of doing this?

Does anyone have any articles or links to some good information?  I couldn't find much.    

Thanks

RE: Plume Abatement

Service guys use smoke bombs for a variety of tests. It would not demonstrate identical conditions during "fan off" periods whereby boiant warm air would naturally rise, butshould very effective with the fan running. The bombs are availible with different burn durations. FYI, they produce ALOT of smoke!

RE: Plume Abatement

A plume from a cooling tower is just condensed moisture from vapor which become visible under certain atmospheric conditions.  In my opinions it is no big deal and I see these things whenever I drive thru big cities.  

RE: Plume Abatement

chicopee
To some uninformed people it is a big deal and they complain to utilities about it.
A local utility, runs dilution fans, on their cooling tower when the wet adiabatic lapse rate indicates that they are going to get a visible plume below 1000 feet above ground.
When there is visible fog at terrain level (560' ASL) they shut the fans off.
B.E.  

RE: Plume Abatement

Then it becomes a matter of public education instead of spending millions of dollars to abate plumes.

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