METHOD TO COOL CIRCULATING WATER IN COOLING POND Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC E03B1/00 E02B9/00 

FIELD: heating.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of power engineering and may be used in return systems of water supply to thermal power plants with a cooling pond. The method includes discharge of warm water into the cooling pond, its cooling and intake of cooled water. To reduce temperature of water taken, barriers are installed onto the bottom of the cooling pond between the discharge and water-intake channels in the amount from 1 to 3, one end of which rests against the shore of the cooling pond of the thermal power plant, and the other one stretches towards the centre of the water area of the cooling pond. Installed barriers forward the natural flow of the circulating water from the thermal power plant shore to the centre of the pond. The height of barriers exceeds the water level in the pond by 0.5 m.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of cooling of discharged circulating water of a thermal power plant.

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