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IMPACT OF THERMAL STANDARDS ON POWER PLANT WATER CONSUMPTION 1
Author(s) -
Giaquinta Arthur R.,
II Thomas E. Croley
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1981.tb01235.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , thermal power station , consumption (sociology) , water consumption , thermal , production (economics) , thermal pollution , power consumption , environmental engineering , water resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , power (physics) , waste management , meteorology , engineering , thermodynamics , economics , geotechnical engineering , social science , physics , sociology , macroeconomics
Power plant water consumption (evaporative water loss) for various river temperature standards is presented for existing and proposed power plants located along the Missouri and Upper Mississippi Rivers in the MAPP geographical area. Thermodynamic and economic models are combined to evaluate the cooling related water consumption at various river thermal standards. The existing thermal standards and a number of other hypothetical thermal regulations including the extreme cases of no thermal standards and no allowable heated discharges are examined to show the dependence on thermal standards of power production related water consumption. A critical appraisal of the cost of thermal standards in terms of water consumption is thereby possible so that subjective assessments of the standards can proceed with full knowledge of the tradeoffs involved between the “water costs” of power production and environmental enhancement.