Control of mineral scale deposition in cooling systems using secondary-treated municipal wastewater

H Li, MK Hsieh, SH Chien, JD Monnell, DA Dzombak… - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
Secondary-treated municipal wastewater (MWW) is a promising alternative to freshwater as
power plant cooling system makeup water, especially in arid regions. A prominent challenge …

Transitioning to zero freshwater withdrawal in the US for thermoelectric generation

VC Tidwell, J Macknick, K Zemlick, J Sanchez… - Applied energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Drought poses important risks to thermoelectric power production in the United States
because of the significant water use in this sector. Here a scoping level analysis is …

Escalating water demand for energy production and the potential for use of treated municipal wastewater

H Li, SH Chien, MK Hsieh, DA Dzombak, RD Vidic - 2011 - ACS Publications
To ensure sufficient thermoelectric power production in the future, the use of alternative
water sources to replace freshwater consumption in power plants will be required. The …

Economic impact of condenser fouling in existing thermoelectric power plants

ME Walker, I Safari, RB Theregowda, MK Hsieh… - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
This study presents a methodology to quantify the economic impact of condenser fouling on
the performance of thermoelectric power plants. Various contributing factors are …

The water‐energy nexus: future water resource availability and its implications on UK thermal power generation

D Murrant, A Quinn, L Chapman - Water and Environment …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
An increasing population coupled with the uncertain, but increasingly likely, impacts of
climate change have led to a heightened level of global academic attention to the …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of organic compounds from cooling tower blowdown by electrochemical oxidation: Role of electrodes and operational parameters

P Saha, H Bruning, TV Wagner, HHM Rijnaarts - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The reuse of cooling tower blowdown (CTBD) in the cooling tower itself requires CTBD
deionization and a pre-treatment before deionization to remove organic compounds (OCs) …

Geographic, technologic, and economic analysis of using reclaimed water for thermoelectric power plant cooling

AS Stillwell, ME Webber - Environmental science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Use of reclaimed water municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent in nonpotable
applications can be a sustainable and efficient water management strategy. One such …

Bismuth subcarbonate decorated reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for the sensitive stripping voltammetry analysis of Pb (II) and Cd (II) in water

G Zhao, M Sedki, S Ma, C Villarreal, A Mulchandani… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, bismuth subcarbonate (BiO) 2CO3-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite
incorporated in Nafion matrix ((BiO) 2CO3-rGO-Nafion) was synthesized and further applied …

Regional and seasonal water stress analysis of United States thermoelectricity

U Lee, J Chou, H Xu, D Carlson, A Venkatesh… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Most thermoelectric power plants in the United States (US) rely on fresh water for cooling,
resulting in significant water consumption. An understanding of the regional and seasonal …

Treatment of brackish water for fossil power plant cooling

Z Wu, H Zhai, EJ Grol, CM Able, NS Siefert - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
In this study, we evaluated the technical, economic and environmental impacts of retrofitting
brackish groundwater treatment systems at existing coal-and gas-fired electric generating …