Combining power plant water needs and carbon dioxide storage using saline formations: Implications for carbon dioxide and water management policies

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 899-910

  Kobos, Peter H ^a   Cappelle, Malynda A ^b   Krumhansl, Jim L ^a   Dewers, Thomas A ^a   McNemar, Andrea ^c   Borns, David J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide storage; Power generating station cooling water; Saline formation assessment; Water treatment costs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; COAL STORAGE; COOLING WATER; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS; EXTRACTION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GROUNDWATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; GENERATING STATIONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; SALINE FORMATION; WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY; WATER TREATMENT COSTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DESALINATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; OVERPRESSURE; POWER GENERATION; RESEARCH WORK; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051473927     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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