하와이 기반의 해양기술기업 마카이(Makai)는 세계의 해양, 강, 저수지 등에서 물을 끌어오거나 방류수를 배출하는 고객을 위해 자사의 환경·연안적 모델링 서비스를 확장했다고 발표했다.

마카이는 EPA 승인의 환경 유동력 부호(EFDC, Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code)를  견고하고 유연한 분산 및 수질 모델링 툴에 적용하기 위해 총 85만 달러를 들여 3년 동안 진행해 온 사업을 최근 완료했다. 마카이의 이번 새 EFDC 모델링 시스템(M-EFDC)은 특히 대규모 산업용수 방류를 분산하는 것을 모의·예측하기 위해 고안됐다.

 

 

 

Makai, an ocean technology firm based in the state of Hawaii, has announced that it is expanding its environmental and coastal modeling services for clients who discharge into, or withdraw from, the world's oceans, lakes and reservoirs.

 

Recently, Makai completed an ongoing, 3-year effort totaling $850,000 to adapt the EPA-approved Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC) into a robust and flexible dispersion and water quality modeling tool. The new Makai EFDC modeling system (M-EFDC) is specifically designed to simulate and predict the dispersion of large industrial water flows.

 

Combined with Makai's experienced team, the new M-EFDC enables cost-effective modeling solutions ranging from initial project planning to more rigorous regulatory submittals and watershed management efforts. Likewise, the advanced technology simulates aquatic systems in three dimensions across a wide range of sizes and time-scales.

 

The model results are used in the design, planning and permitting process for the intake or discharge of a variety of facilities, including: desalination, seawater cooling systems including once-through cooling systems, LNG processing plants, petroleum refineries, traditional thermoelectric power plants, pulp and paper mills, chemical manufacturing plants, food processing plants, and metal manufacturing plants.

 

Model results help developers to understand and visualize the physical, chemical and biological impacts of their water intake or discharge system. These results are used to decide between design variations or are presented to stakeholders, reducing the uncertainty in the early design and permitting process.

 

M-EFDC is derived from EFDC, which is one of the most widely used and technically defensible hydrodynamic models in the world over the last 20+ years, and is EPA-approved.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 9월 17일]