Fiddlers Ferry

[karenoliver]

Fiddlers Ferry powerstation. Texture added, acid burn.



Karen

[nick_gray]

I really like the processing on this, the effect really works well. Let's hope it's just steam the cooling towers are spewing out.

Nick

[karenoliver]

Originally Posted by nick_gray

I really like the processing on this, the effect really works well. Let's hope it's just steam the cooling towers are spewing out.

Nick

Thanks a lot Nick for the feedback. :-) Does the steam from these polute the atmosphere or is it safer than most industrial vapours?

Karen

[nick_gray]

Originally Posted by karenoliver

Thanks a lot Nick for the feedback. :-) Does the steam from these polute the atmosphere or is it safer than most industrial vapours?

Karen

There shouldn't be any pollution to the atmosphere from these cooling towers.* The towers are used to condensate and recover water from the steam that has been used on the heat exchanger of a power or chemical plant. The water used is in a separate system to the water/steam used to drive the turbines, so shouldn't become contaminated/irradiated.

Ah ha, just found a good diagram to show how the systems work - http://www.industry-animated.org/tea...towers_pdf.pdf and here is some more information about nuclear cooling towers http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/the...ing-tower.html

* I'm not sure if water vapour is classified a pollutant to the atmosphere, but as clouds are made of the same stuff, I doubt it.

Regards

Nick

[karenoliver]

Thanks, Nick they were very interesting! :-) I've actually stood inside a disused one but never new the dynamics of how they worked. I never even knew there were different kinds either. I think I am going to try and photograph all the ones in the UK and some in Europe as part of a large project next year.

Karen

[alfbranch]

Nice shot Karen

Cooling towers make clouds and thats it really unless the process goes wrong.
Thanks for the link Nick useful for my trainees at work.