Wind-tunnel model of study of downwash from stacks at Maui Electric Company Power Plant, Kahului, Hawaii
Date
1973-03
Authors
Cermak, Jack E., author
Nayak, Shrinivas K., author
Fluid Dynamics and Diffusion Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, publisher
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Tests were conducted in the meteorological wind-tunnel using 1:200 scale model to determine the distribution of gas concentration resulting from gaseous plumes released from four stacks associated with Maui Electric Company Power-Plant at Kahului Hawaii. The tests were conducted over a model power-plant including all significant structures in the vicinity. Data obtained included photographs and color motion pictures of smoke-plume trajectories and plots of contaminant concentration down wind of the power-plant at ground-level sampling positions. The effects of wind direction and stack height on ground-level concentrations are established. Evaluation of test results revealed that an increase of stack height from 30.48 m to 60.96 m will reduce the maximum groundlevel concentrations by a factor of three to five depending upon the wind direction. Location of stacks upwind of the power-plant structures was found to show distinct improvement of plume characteristics.
Description
CER72-73JEC-SKN28.
Prepared under contract to Stearns-Roger Incorporated.
Includes bibliographical (pages 16-17).
March 1973.
Prepared under contract to Stearns-Roger Incorporated.
Includes bibliographical (pages 16-17).
March 1973.
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Wind tunnels
Buildings -- Aerodynamics -- Testing