| dc.description.abstract | A thermal pollution abatement model for power plant siting is
formulated to evaluate the economic costs, resource requirements,
and physical characteristics of a particular thermal pollution
abatement technology at a given site type for a plant alternative.
The model also provides a screening capability to determine which
sites are feasible alternatives for development by the calculation of
the resource requirements and a check of the applicable thermal
standards, and determining whether the plant alternative could be
built on the available site in compliance with the thermal standards.
The thermal pollution evaluation model analyzes the abatement
technologies of surface discharge, diffuser, cooling pond, spray
canal, and wet mechanical draft cooling towers. The typical site
types evaluated are a river, small lake, great lake, coastal,
estuary, offshore ocean, and water poor site.
The model will be used in conjunction with a Plant Evaluation
Model, which analyzes the effects of fuel costs and air pollution
abatement, a Plant Expansion Model, and a Generation Expansion Model
to determine the optimal operating and generating plan for an
electric utility. The model may also be used in conjunction with
the Plant Evaluation Model to evaluate the trade offs between the
dollar cost of electric power generation, reliability, and air and
thermal pollution. The model may also be used to determine, for a
single plant site alternative, which abatement technologies would be
feasible, and to make an economic and resource requirement comparison between these alternatives. Finally, the model could be used to
examine the economic and locational aspects of the implementation of
a plan limiting the waste heat discharge to natural bodies to zero
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