Thermal power plant cooling: context and engineering:

This book focuses on engineering fundamentals of water use for cooling needs of thermoelectric, or steam cycle, power plants, along with environmental and economic contexts. Water has historically been abundant and cheap; however, the ever-growing human demands for fresh surface water and groundwate...

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Other Authors: King, Carey W. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, New York American Society Of Mechanical Engineers [2014]
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:This book focuses on engineering fundamentals of water use for cooling needs of thermoelectric, or steam cycle, power plants, along with environmental and economic contexts. Water has historically been abundant and cheap; however, the ever-growing human demands for fresh surface water and groundwater are potentially putting ecosystems at risk. Water demands for energy production and electric generation power plants are part of total water demand. This book contributes important information to aid a broader discussion of integrated water and energy management by providing background, references, and context for water and energy stakeholders specifically on the topic of water for cooling thermal power plants. This book serves as a reference and source of information to power plant owner/operators, water resource managers, energy and environmental regulators, and non-governmental organizations. From power plant owners wanting to know the tradeoffs in environmental impact and economics of cooling towers to water utilities that might want to deliver waste water for reuse for power plant cooling, this book provides a wide array of regulatory and technical discussion to meet the needs of a broad audience
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Introduction -- The context of thermal power plant water usage -- Engineering and physical modeling of power plant cooling systems -- Economic considerations and drivers -- Cooling system case studies. - System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. - Mode of access: World Wide Web
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (264 Seiten) illustrations

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