Utilization of municipal wastewater for cooling in thermoelectric power plants

Fuel

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-113

  Safari, Iman ^a   Walker, Michael E ^a   Hsieh, Ming Kai ^b   Dzombak, David A ^b   Liu, Wenshi ^c   Vidic, Radisav D ^c   Miller, David C ^d   Abbasian, Javad ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling system; Modeling and Simulation; Municipal wastewater; Thermoelectric power plant; Water Chemistry and Quality

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AMMONIA AND CARBON DIOXIDE; AMMONIA EVAPORATION; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PROCESS SIMULATION MODEL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; EVAPORATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MASS TRANSFER; PH; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALKALINITY;

EID: 84878238780     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.03.062     Document Type: Article

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