Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production: Preprint

Paul Torcellini; Nicholas Long; Ronald Judkoff

Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production: Preprint

Paul Torcellini, Nicholas Long, Ronald Judkoff

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Abstract

Evaporative cooling systems have been criticized for their water use and acclaimed for their low energy consumption, especially when compared to typical cooling systems. In order to determine the overall effectiveness of cooling systems, both water and energy need to be considered; however, there must be a metric to compare the amount of energy used at the site to the amount of water used at thepower plant. A study of power plants and their respective water consumption was completed to effectively analyze evaporative cooling systems.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	11
State	Published - 2003
Event	ASHRAE Winter Meeting - Anaheim, California Duration: 24 Jan 2004 → 28 Jan 2004

Conference

Conference	ASHRAE Winter Meeting
City	Anaheim, California
Period	24/01/04 → 28/01/04

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-550-35190

Keywords

ASHRAE
consumptive water use
high-performance buildings
power plants

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