geothermal cooling tower
geothermal cooling tower section
Here are a few links that provide examples of small scale nuclear reactors:
http://www.physorg.com/news145561984.html
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/06/136930453/graphic-rethinking-nuclear-power-on-the-small-scale
http://www.nuscalepower.com/ot-How-NuScale-Technology-Works.php
Application of Micro-Reactor Technology: The project could become a tower of micro-reactors that have similar characteristics to those described in the links listed above. A mirco-reactor module could be manufactured and fueled off site and then brought to the Gowanus site where it would be positioned among multiple micro-reactors on a tower structure. As described in the links, such a system could be managed from a central location and would have the capacity to provide electricity to the surrounding area. The need for on-site nuclear waste storage would not be necessary; also described in the links above. Once the fuel within a module is spent the entire module would be removed from the structure and taken off site where the spent fuel would be stored and new fuel would be added. The module would then return to the site and be reattached to the structure.
Process Diagram
Here is the link to the book...very interesting!
The reuse and recycling of ... - Stephen M. Testa - Google Books
idea: go from red hot to white hot...and at the same time act ethically and responsibly
ReplyDeleteone idea is to have a growing, living edge that eventually filters/cleans the ongoing brown water that drains to this area.
ReplyDeleteanother idea is to build on the manufacturing that works in the area. perhaps bring in new tech manufacturing that could take advantage of the canal environment, i.e., water cooling?
what types of manufacturing can take advantage of the water source, clean or dirty?
ReplyDeleteThis book has some interesting facts about industrial uses for contaminated soil. Check it out. Page 57 - 59.
ReplyDeleteThe book is called:
The reuse and recycling of contaminated soil
By Stephen M. Testa
thermoelectric power plant w/ brick manufacturing. Taking advantage of water and sludge?
ReplyDelete• Industrial water use is a valuable resource to the nation's industries for such purposes as processing, cleaning, transportation, dilution, and cooling in manufacturing facilities. Major water-using industries include steel, chemical, paper, and petroleum refining. Industries often reuse the same water over and over for more than one purpose.
ReplyDeleteIdeas:
ReplyDeleteUse of canal water as a coolant in an industrial process, specifically thermoelectric power generation. It is assumed that the water would be filtered before it is used in such a process. The particles obtained during the filtration process must be continuously removed to maintain the flow of water through the system. These particles have the potential of being used in various industrial/manufacturing processes that exists in the Gowanus area. As the water cycles through the system the temperature rises until it is emptied back into the canal, at which point the water may be boiling. It is assumed that this process would continue, using the canal as a variable resource.
Questions:
Will the high temperature of the water eliminate some of the bacteria that exists in the contaminated sludge?
What manufacturing/industrial process can benefit from the particles obtained from the filtration process? (The link added by Rick explains numerous applications that are in use.)
Four processes?
ReplyDelete1. use of contaminated canal water to cool nuclear power plant.
2. use of contaminated canal sediment to manufacture bricks and other cementitious products.
3. Use of the power plant heated water to remove bacteria in canal water.
4. use of the heated canal water as a breeding ground for the "living wall" to assist in filtration of future polluted runoff.
In comparison to other non-carbon-based and carbon-neutral energy options, nuclear power plants require drastically less land
ReplyDeletearea. For a 1000-MW plant, site requirements are estimated as follows: nuclear, 0.5 to 2.5 sq. miles; solar or photovoltaic park, 12-30 sq. miles; wind fields, 30-95 sq. miles; and
biomass, 2400-3700 sq. miles.
Projections suggest that by 2050,
half of the world’s population
will live in larger cities. This will
require concentrated energy production systems
in proximity to those population masses. Use
of large land areas for energy production will be impractical.
FUSION, not fission
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