Emerging Technologies: Power Plant Water Use: Water/Electricity Trade-Offs, Part 2

Continuing last month’s discussion on water/electricity trade-offs, this column explores power plant water use. The water consumed for evaporative cooling is not offset very much by power plant water consumption savings. There is a favorable trade-off with evaporative cooling between energy and water consumption for the consumer, at least based on typical electric energy and water rates.

Authors: By Alissa Cooperman; John Dieckmann; and James Brodrick, Ph.D.

Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 54, no. 1, January 2012

Pages: 4

Publish Date: January 2012

Publisher: ASHRAE

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