Entrainment

Entrainment is the term used to describe the process by which organisms get drawn into the water extraction system with the flow of water. In power stations entrained organisms pass through the condenser circuit and are discharged back to the environment. Planning. We are providing expertise on entrainment and fisheries issues for the construction of a large nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates. Ongoing monitoring programs. Monitoring of entrainment, fish impingement (including salmon/trout smolts), water quality, and the causes and impacts of CW discharge foaming, at a number of UK power stations. Intensive entrainment studies. We have designed and installed a fully automated and computer-controlled entrainment sampler, capable of sampling up to 25 litres/second in hourly units over a 24-hour period. The sampler is currently in use evaluating fish egg, larvae and plankton entrainment in a UK nuclear station. We have considerable experience in evaluating methods of entrainment avoidance; to find out how Pisces can help, please contact us. The effects of power station entrainment passage on three species of marine planktonic crustacean, Acartia tonsa (Copepoda), Crangon crangon (Decapoda) and Homarus gammarus (Decapoda). Bamber, R.N. and Seaby, R.M.H., (2004). Marine Environmental Research 57 (2004) 281–294.  Download report (223 kb PDF).