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Identification of optimum outfall location for desalination plant in the coastal waters off Tuticorin, India

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Title Identification of optimum outfall location for desalination plant in the coastal waters off Tuticorin, India
 
Creator DineshKumar, P.K.
NaveenKumar, K.R.
Muraleedharan, K.R.
 
Subject desalination plants
environmental assessment
salinity effects
simulation
mathematical models
dilution
outfalls
site selection
 
Description Behaviour of the dilution characteristics of the coastal waters off Tuticorin is presented in the background of setting up of a desalination plant. Simulations of dispersion and spreading of the proposed discharges has been carried out. Scenarios of dilutions were assessed based on the results of a 2D model using the advection-dispersion theory. It is observed that under prevailing currents in the region, the dispersion of the discharge will be advected away as a combined plume. Ambient conditions are found achieved in close proximity zones within the discharge location and thus there will not be any changes in the water quality in the adjacent coastal waters. Model validation results showed that the values are well in agreement with the observed values. It is suggested that the offshore waters at a distance of 2 Km away from the coastline could be considered as optimum where the environmental impact on the ecosystem due to the disposal operations is considered to be minimum
 
Date 2014-02-05T09:24:34Z
2014-02-05T09:24:34Z
2014
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier International Journal of Environmental Research, vol.8(1); 2014; 69-78.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4450
 
Language en
 
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Publisher University of Tehran