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Forecasting water use for electric power generation
Author(s) -
Young H. Peyton,
Thompson Russell G.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr009i004p00800
Subject(s) - water consumption , water use , electricity , environmental science , consumption (sociology) , electricity generation , electric power , demand forecasting , electricity demand , econometrics , water resource management , power (physics) , economics , operations research , engineering , ecology , physics , social science , quantum mechanics , sociology , electrical engineering , biology
Knowledge of demand functions for water and electricity provides a basis for forecasting water withdrawals, water consumption, and heat discharges to the water in electric power generation. The variables in these demand functions may be significantly affected by direct and indirect variations in policy. Forecasts of water withdrawals and consumption of water are made for alternative combinations of the variables in the demand functions and compared with the results of previous studies in which the demands for water were forecast as ‘requirements.’