Energy in the urban water cycle: Actions to reduce the total expenditure of fossil fuels with emphasis on heat reclamation from urban water

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 808-820

  Elias Maxil J A ^a   Van Der Hoek, Jan Peter ^a,b   Hofman, Jan ^a,c   Rietveld, Luuk ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Waternet   (Netherlands)

^c KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy recovery; Heat recovery systems; Urban water cycle; Wastewater; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; WASTE HEAT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY; RECOVERY;

CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROCESS; HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEMS; PRIMARY ENERGY DEMAND; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL; URBAN WATERS; WATER ENERGY;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84889654921     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.10.007     Document Type: Review

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