Sulfur hexafluoride as a complementary method for measuring the extent of point-source thermal effluents
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- Title
- Sulfur hexafluoride as a complementary method for measuring the extent of point-source thermal effluents
- Authors
- Kim, TW; Lee, K; Park, KT; Kim, M
- Date Issued
- 2008-07
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Abstract
- The transport and dilution dynamics of power-plant thermal effluent were measured for 10 consecutive days, between 25 June and 4 July 2006, by concurrently mapping the daily distributions of seawater temperature and concentrations of deliberately released sulfur hexafluoricle (SF6) within the tidal Kwangyang Bay on the southern coast of Korea. Estimates of the daily extent of the thermal plume based on temperature and SF6 data showed distinct differences. These differences were particularly pronounced on sunny days during which solar radiation significantly heated river or bay waters moving across the tidal flats; in these cases, the estimates based on seawater temperature data were consistently greater than those based on SF6 data, indicating considerable overestimates of the extent of the thermal plume when temperature data were used. The present results indicate that the concurrent use of seawater temperature and SF6 data is a powerful method in determining the extent of thermal plumes, particularly for shallow areas in which the effects of solar heating lead to large uncertainties in temperature-based estimates. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- sulfur hexafluoride; thermal plume; solar heating; tidal flats; air-sea gas exchange; power plant; SF6 TRACER; NORTH-ATLANTIC; MIXED-LAYER; OCEAN; DISPERSION; DIFFUSION; TRANSPORT; ABUNDANCE; PLUME; RIVER
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/22598
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.037
- ISSN
- 0025-326X
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN, vol. 56, no. 7, page. 1294 - 1302, 2008-07
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