Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 11, 2014
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University of Maryland, in conjunction with Baltimore Aircoil Company, CX: Boeing Company, Michigan Technological University, Honeywell International Inc. - Aerospace Division, and Solid Concepts Inc., proposes to develop next-generation air-cooled heat exchangers that can operate in dry or hybrid mode and substantially reduce (or eventually eliminate) the cooling water consumption in condenser cooling of stream electric generation plants. The proposed project will involve: (1) surveying/assessing the state-of-the art technologies for air-side heat transfer augmentation and the applicable additive manufacturing and/or other advanced manufacturing technologies; (2) running computer simulations to analyze performance of at least two different heat exchanger configurations and corresponding manufacturing techniques; and (3) assembling, testing, and analyzing bench-scale prototype units.