Simulating brine plumes discharged into the seawaters

被引:15
作者
AI-Barwani, H. H. [1 ]
Purnarna, Anton [1 ]
机构
[1] Sultan Qaboos Univ, Coll Sci, Dept Math & Stat, Muscat, Oman
关键词
brine discharges; mathematical model; sea outfall; seawater desalination; tidal flow;
D O I
10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.060
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
A seawater desalination plant's reliability and service availability are essential to sustain and allow the continuing development in the and climate countries. As desalinated seawater is indispensably required at any cost, the conventional disposal method used for a large size desalination plant is to continuously discharge brine waste stream back into the sea via an outfall at some distance from the beach. One major factor in assessing the potential environmental impact of brine discharges from desalination plants is the oscillatory nature of the coastal currents. A model simulation of the long-time brine plumes steadily discharged into the seawaters is presented using a two-dimensional advection-diffusion equation. The model parameters that minimize the impact of brine discharges are discussed.
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页码:608 / 613
页数:6
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