Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production

Paul Torcellini; Nicholas Long; Ronald Judkoff

doi:10.2172/15005918

Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production

Paul Torcellini, Nicholas Long, Ronald Judkoff

Building Technologies and Science Center

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Abstract

A study of power plants and their respective water consumption was completed to effectively analyze evaporative cooling systems. This technical paper will aid the High Performance Buildings Research Program by providing a metric in determining water efficiency in building cooling systems. Further analysis is planned to determine the overall water efficiency of evaporative cooling systems comparedto conventional direct expansion systems and chiller systems with cooling towers.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/15005918
State	Published - 2003

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-550-33905

Keywords

high performance buildings research
power plants
power production and water use
water consumption
water use

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