Energy and water autarky of wastewater treatment and power generation systems

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-68

  Gude, Veera Gnaneswar ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling water; Desalination; Energy water nexus; Power plant; Self sufficiency; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COMBINED SOLUTION; ENERGY; ENERGY NEEDS; ENERGY-WATER NEXUS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; REVIEW PAPERS; SELF-SUFFICIENCY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; WATER NEEDS;

DESALINATION;

EID: 84921980268     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.055     Document Type: Review

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