| Abstract: This paper gives a comprehensive review of the development history of the research on cooling water of thermal and nuclear power plants in China in the past 60 years, and summarizes the innovative ideas and important achievements in the specialty of cooling water at different stages. In combination with the change of industry demand, the innovative achievements and practical experience in the past 10 years are mainly elaborated in the following four aspects: (1) improvement of the similarity theory of cooling water and fine simulation technology; (2) environmentally friendly intake-outfall projects; (3) applications of new measurement and control techniques in the cooling water study; (4) specialty expansion and interdisciplinary development. Combined with the current development trend of China's thermal and nuclear power, and the increasingly strict requirements for the protection of water ecological environment, the future development direction and the corresponding countermeasures in this field are prospected in the paper. |
Keywords: cooling water; similarity theory; numerical simulation technology; intake-outfall project; water
ecology protection
(Journal of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Vol. 16, No. 5, 2018)
