Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Thermal Pollution: Done by Danish Tamboli Class 9B Date of Submission:-18-NOV-13
Thermal Pollution: Done by Danish Tamboli Class 9B Date of Submission:-18-NOV-13
DEFINITION
ADDITION OF EXCESS OF UNDESIRABLE HEAT TO WATER THAT MAKES IT HARMFUL TO MAN, ANIMAL OR AQUATIC LIFE.
CAUSES
DISCHARGE OF HEATED WATER OR HOT WASTE MATERIAL INTO WATER BODIES FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS DOMESTIC SEWAGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS
Coal is utilized as a fuel Condenser coils are cooled with water from nearby lake or river The heated effluents decrease
the DO of water
Damages the marine organisms
Industrial Effluents
Discharged water from steam-electric power industry
using turbo generators will have a higher temperature ranging from 6 to 9C than the receiving water In modern stations, producing 100 MW, nearly one million gallons are discharged in an hour with increase
Domestic sewage
Sewage is commonly discharged into lakes, canals or streams Municipal sewage normally has a higher temperature than the receiving water
CONTROL MEASURES
Artificial lakes