Quantity, Quality, and Availability of Waste Heat from United States Thermal Power Generation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8297-8306

  Gingerich, Daniel B ^a   Mauter, Meagan S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HEAT FLUX; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIFE CYCLE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; WASTE HEAT;

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRIES; ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION; PROCESS EFFICIENCY; TEMPORAL AVAILABILITY; THERMAL POWER GENERATION; THERMAL POWER PLANTS;

AVAILABILITY;

NATURAL GAS;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRICAL POWER; HEAT FLUX; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NATURAL GAS; POWER GENERATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL POWER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DESULFURIZATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY RESOURCE; HEAT; LIFE CYCLE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; POWER ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; UNITED STATES; WASTE; WASTE HEAT; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TIME;

UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY; HOT TEMPERATURE; POWER PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937458564     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5060989     Document Type: Article

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