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Main Title Ice fog suppression using reinforced thin chemical films /
Author McFadden, Terry T.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Collins, Charles M.,
CORP Author Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab., Fort Wainwright, AK. Alaskan Projects Office.;Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., College, AK. Arctic Environmental Research Station.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/3-79-007
Stock Number 22161
OCLC Number 04951879
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Ice fog ; Fog--Alaska--Control ; Fog--Control ; Fog--Control--Alaska
Additional Subjects Films ; Evaporation control ; Monomolecular films ; Electric power plants ; Water vapor ; Visibility ; Suppressors ; Cooling towers ; Blends ; Alaska ; Fort Wainwright power plant ; Ice fog ; Hexadecanols ; Cooling ponds ; Octadecanols ; Ethanol/butoxy
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101AECW.PDF
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EHAM  QC929.F7M33 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EJBD  EPA 600/3-79-007 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 03/24/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/3-79-007 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 08/11/2000
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600/3-79-007 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-3-79-007 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 04/10/1998
ESAD  EPA 600-3-79-007 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
ESBD  EPA-600-3-79-007 CPHEA/PESD Library/Corvallis,OR 09/05/2017
NTIS  PB-294 275 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 45 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
Ice fog suppression experiments on the Fort Wainwright Power Plant cooling pond were conducted during the winters of 1974-76. Baseline information studies occupied a sizeable portion of the available ice fog weather in 1974-75. Hexadecanol was added to the pond and dramatically improved visibility by reducing fog generated from water vapor released by the pond at -14C. Although this temperature was not low enough to create ice fog, the cold vapor fog created was equally as devasting to visibility in the vicinity of the pond. During the winter of 1975-76, suppression tests were continued using films of hexadecanol, mixes of hexadecanol and octadecanol, and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGME). Suppression effectiveness at colder temperatures was studied and limits to the techniques were probed. A reinforcing grid was constructed that prevented breakup of the film by wind and water currents. Lifetime tests indicated that EGME degrades much more slowly than either hexadecanol or the hexadecanol-octadecanol mix. All the films were found to be very effective fog reducers at warmer temperatures but still allowed 20% to 40% of normal evaporation to occur. The vapor thus produced was sufficient to create some ice fog at lower temperatures, but this ice fog occurred less frequently and was more quickly dispersed than the thick fog that was present before application of the films.
Notes
Interagency agreement EPA-IAG-D7-0794. Jan. 1979. Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-27).