WSP00132

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1980
• Title: Use of Saline Water in Energy Development
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Surface water
Groundwater .

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Background
Study Area
Seope and Objectives of the Study

RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Data Collection and Evaluation

Introduction
Energy Reserves
Water Supply

Water Requirements for Energy Development
Conclusions
Recorrunendations

F~asibility of Using Saline Water for Power Plant Cooling 16

Introduction . .. . 16
The Cooling Tower-Condenser Loop 17
The Brine Evaporation Pond. ... 18
Energy Balance for the Brine Evaporation Pond 20
Mass Balance for Water in Brine Evaporation Pond 22

Computational procedure. . . . . 22
Cost estimates for evaporation pond . 23

A Few Proven Water Treabnent Technologies 26

Discussion of Treatment Options .
A Relative Value Scale for Saline Water
Wet-Dry Cooling . . .
The Binary Cooling Tower
Reservoir Cooling

Reservoir analysis . . . . . . . .
The effects of depth, wind velocity, and air
temperature on cooling pond temperature
Rate of salinity buildup in cooling reservoir
Option 1. Condenser-reservoir loop - no
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The cold process softener 29
Reverse osmosis . 29
The brine concentrator 31

Some Water Treatment Options 33

Option 1. Condense~-reservoir loop--no
treatment . . . 33
Option 2. Softening of makeup water plus
side stream treatment . 33
Option 3. Makeup water softening with
treatment and concentration of blowdown 36

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