Accession Number:

ADA021745

Title:

On Possible Undesirable Atmospheric Effects of Heat Rejection from Large Electric Power Centers,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Koenig,L. Randall
• Bhumralkar,Chandrakant M.

Report Date:

1974-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

47.0

Abstract:

An assessment is made of potential atmospheric effects that might be caused by the dissipation into the air of waste heat from large electric power generating complexes. The assessment is based on three components 1 an estimate of the thermal and moisture perturbation on the atmosphere that might be expected from power generating facilities, 2 a search for observations of how nature responds to perturbations of this kind, and 3 interpretation of numerical experiments dealing with atmospheric processes using similar perturbations.

Descriptors:

• *AIR POLLUTION
• *ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
• *ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
• HEAT TRANSFER
• ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
• ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES
• COOLING
• METEOROLOGY
• NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
• ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION
• MOISTURE
• ATMOSPHERE MODELS

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Electric Power Production and Distribution
• Air Pollution and Control
• Water Pollution and Control

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE