Effect of domestic water use on air pollutant emissions in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Defelice, Nicholas B ^a   Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Desalination; Domestic water consumption; Water scarcity; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT; DESALINATION; DISTILLATION; DISTILLERIES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

ABU DHABI , UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; AIR POLLUTANT EMISSION; DOMESTIC WATER; MULTIEFFECT DISTILLATION; MULTISTAGE FLASH DISTILLATION; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; WATER ENERGY; WATER SCARCITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84887133242     PISSN: 20089163     EISSN: 22516832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-6832-4-33     Document Type: Article

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