Impacts of leaks on energy consumption in pumped systems with storage

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-155

  Colombo, Andrew F ^a   Karney, Bryan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Leakage; Pumped storage; Water distribution; Water storage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAKAGE (FLUID); WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TANKS;

ENERGY COSTS; ENERGY IMPACT; LEAKAGE VOLUMES; POWER CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ECONOMICS; LEAKAGE; PUMPED STORAGE; WATER DISTRIBUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 14644403721     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2005)131:2(146)     Document Type: Article

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