Emerging Scientific and Engineering Opportunities within the Water-Energy Nexus

Joule

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 665-688

  Urban, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy; membranes; pretreatment; thermal; thermoelectric; wastewater; water

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FREE ENERGY; THERMAL ENGINEERING; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ENERGY; ENERGY GENERATIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLES; PRE-TREATMENTS; SCIENTIFIC CONTEXT; THERMAL; THERMOELECTRIC; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER ENERGY; WATERS RESOURCES;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; INNOVATION; MEMBRANE; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85040200512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25424351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2017.10.002     Document Type: Review

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