Unit 3: Thermal Pollution
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- Thermal Pollution
- Effects
- About 40 degrees denatures human proteins
- Metabolic rate increases = less food energy for growth
- Changes the rate of egg development and hatching dates
- Introduced species from hot climates may thrive and outcompete
- Toxins are metabolised more quickly = pollutants are more toxic
- Reduced disease resistance
- Control
- Condenser water used to absorb heat from steam
- Cooling towers reduce waste water temperature by dispersing it into the atmosphere
- Hot water sprayed from the floor of the cylinder tower
- The warmed air rises and escapes, creating an up draught which pulls more air through the spray to be cooled
- Hot water sprayed from the floor of the cylinder tower
- Effects
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