ARTI Proje provided consultancy services to ENVY Inc. for the design of cooling water intake and discharge systems of Sugozu Thermal Power Plant.

The studies focused mainly on the selection of optimum disharge location. It is a common risk in power plant projects that due to hydrodynamic conditions the intake water could be adversely affected by the dicharge temperature and as a result the overall performance of the plant may decrease significantly. Circulation of water in the project area, location of the discharge point and diffuser characteristics are the main parameters controlling the fate of the discharged heat. 

In Sugozu project, the hydrodynamics of the project area and the heat transport imposed by discharge water were studied by means of numerical modeling. The hydrodynamic model setup for Sugozu area was calibrated against current and water level measurements and used in estimating the seasonal current velocities in the area. Finally, the diffuser of the disharge line was designed for optimum performance using forecasted current velocities.