Field Studies of Cooling-Tower-Condensate Scavenging

摘要

Rainfall observations were made during six storms in the vicinity of the Bowen Generating Plant in March and April, 1979; the aim was to detect any rainfall enhancement due to precipitation scavenging of cooling tower condensate and test the previously developed theory. Of six storms, three had the proper wind conditions for analysis, and of these, two were suitable for comparison of measurements with the theory. No obvious rainfall enhancement was observed, but the most favorable run for enhancement showed possible centerline enhancement not greater than 10%. Due to the short duration of most of the rain events and poor time resolution on wind records, precise analysis of enhancement potentials was not possible.