Numerical Modeling of Heat and Brine Discharge Near Qeshm Desalination Plant
Desalination plants have become invaluable solutions especially where freshwater resources are scarce. However, the byproduct of their operation is an outflow which is more saline and heated than the ambient water body. This heated plume adversely affects the ecosystem if it is not treated properly....
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| description | Desalination plants have become invaluable solutions especially where freshwater resources are scarce. However, the byproduct of their operation is an outflow which is more saline and heated than the ambient water body. This heated plume adversely affects the ecosystem if it is not treated properly. In this study, 3D finite volume coastal and ocean model is employed to address this issue close to Qeshm Island. In addition to calibrating the model, two alternatives are simulated and discussed to mitigate the adverse effects of the heated plume. It is shown that the plume tends to move in the upper layer of the water column due to its lower density than the ambient water. By moving the outfall to deeper parts of the sea—10-meter-deep—the negative effects of the plume significantly decreases and fulfilled the Iran national guidelines. Moreover, due to the mechanism of the Qeshm desalination plant, the spread of salinity is of the least importance compared to the increase in temperature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-04b6564aa43d4f8e81aaca62109306582022-12-21T21:09:55ZengIranian Association of Naval Architecture and Marine EngineeringInternational Journal of Coastal and Offshore Engineering2538-26672588-31862018-03-01142735Numerical Modeling of Heat and Brine Discharge Near Qeshm Desalination PlantSaeed Memari0Seyed Mostafa Siadatmousavi1 School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology Desalination plants have become invaluable solutions especially where freshwater resources are scarce. However, the byproduct of their operation is an outflow which is more saline and heated than the ambient water body. This heated plume adversely affects the ecosystem if it is not treated properly. In this study, 3D finite volume coastal and ocean model is employed to address this issue close to Qeshm Island. In addition to calibrating the model, two alternatives are simulated and discussed to mitigate the adverse effects of the heated plume. It is shown that the plume tends to move in the upper layer of the water column due to its lower density than the ambient water. By moving the outfall to deeper parts of the sea—10-meter-deep—the negative effects of the plume significantly decreases and fulfilled the Iran national guidelines. Moreover, due to the mechanism of the Qeshm desalination plant, the spread of salinity is of the least importance compared to the increase in temperature.http://ijcoe.org/article-1-91-en.htmlnumerical modeling desalination plant fvcom finite volume 3d circulation model |
| spellingShingle | Saeed Memari Seyed Mostafa Siadatmousavi Numerical Modeling of Heat and Brine Discharge Near Qeshm Desalination Plant International Journal of Coastal and Offshore Engineering numerical modeling desalination plant fvcom finite volume 3d circulation model |
| title | Numerical Modeling of Heat and Brine Discharge Near Qeshm Desalination Plant |
| title_full | Numerical Modeling of Heat and Brine Discharge Near Qeshm Desalination Plant |
| title_fullStr | Numerical Modeling of Heat and Brine Discharge Near Qeshm Desalination Plant |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical Modeling of Heat and Brine Discharge Near Qeshm Desalination Plant |
| title_short | Numerical Modeling of Heat and Brine Discharge Near Qeshm Desalination Plant |
| title_sort | numerical modeling of heat and brine discharge near qeshm desalination plant |
| topic | numerical modeling desalination plant fvcom finite volume 3d circulation model |
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