This master’s thesis examines the possibility of cooling blowdown water of a nuclear power plant with a rated capacity of 1000 MW. We analyzed a forced-draft cooling tower, a cooling pond, and a spray cooling pond. To determine the size of the systems, we used the Merkl method, the heat balance method, and the air enthalpy change method. Based on varying flow rates and temperatures of the blowdown water, we calculated the surface areas of the systems and the impact of individual variables on their size. The results show that the cooling tower is the most space-efficient solution, while the cooling pond is the least efficient.
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