Reclamation of treated municipal wastewater in cooling towers of thermal power plants: Determination of the wastewater quality index

Water quality in cooling towers of thermal power plants (CTTPP) has a critical role in the operation and maintenance of CTTPP and the need for an index which represents well the quality of water used in CTTPP. In this study, municipal wastewater effluent (MWE) as a source of water for use in the CTT...

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Published in:Water resources and industry 2023-06, Vol.29, p.100207, Article 100207
Main Authors: Asgari, Ghorban, Khazaei, Mohammad, Seidmohammad, Abdolmotaleb, Mansoorizadeh, Muharram, Talebi, Somayeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytic hierarchy process
Cooling tower
Fuzzy logic
industry
municipal wastewater
Power plant
power plants
Wastewater
water
water analysis
water quality
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Summary:Water quality in cooling towers of thermal power plants (CTTPP) has a critical role in the operation and maintenance of CTTPP and the need for an index which represents well the quality of water used in CTTPP. In this study, municipal wastewater effluent (MWE) as a source of water for use in the CTTPP was evaluated by determining the water quality index. 22 MWE quality parameters were considered in terms of their potential effects on cooling towers. The relative weight of the parameters is calculated by the analytical hierarchical process (AHP). The analysis of water classification was done by using the fuzzy inference system (FIS). In the fuzzy logic approach, the trapezoidal and triangular membership functions and the Mamdani inference system were used, and the final rules consist of 240 rules. The center-of-gravity method is used for the Defuzzification of the results. The values obtained from the cooling tower effluent quality index (CTEQI) based on the FIS were generally more stable than the values from CTEQI based on the traditional system. The outcomes of this study established that the quality of effluent entering the cooling towers in a Shahid Moftteh power plant in the Hamadan (effluent sampling site) is moderate to good condition (annual fuzzy index 50–90, average annual traditional index 79.52–95.99). This research result reveals that CTEQI can be counted as a general tool for evaluating the quality of effluent that use in the CTTPP and can be used with confidence for this purpose.
ISSN:2212-3717
2212-3717
DOI:10.1016/j.wri.2023.100207