Utility-Borne Costs of Thermal Standards for the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in the Map Geographical Area,
Abstract
Power plant cooling costs and water consumption (evaporative loss) for various river temperature standards are presented for existing and proposed power plants located along the Missouri and Upper Mississippi Rivers in the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool (MAPP) geographical area. Thermodynamic and economic models are combined to evaluate the cooling-related costs of river thermal standards. The existing thermal standards and a number of other hypothetical thermal regulations including the extreme cases of no thermal standards and no allowable heated discharges are examined to show the dependence of power-production-related cooling costs and water consumption on thermal standards. A critical appraisal of the cost of thermal standards in terms of water consumption and other costs is thereby possible so that subjective assessments of the standards can proceed with full knowledge of the trade-offs involved between the costs of power production and environmental impacts. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA081237
Entities
People
- A. R. Giaquinta
- M. P. Cherian
- R. A. Woodhouse
Organizations
- University of Iowa