Dry cooling retrofits at existing fossil fuel-fired power plants in a water-stressed region: Tradeoffs in water savings, cost, and capacity shortfalls
Haibo Zhai, Edward S. Rubin, Eric Grol, Andrew C. O'Connell, Zitao Wu, Eric Lewis
Topics & Concepts
Environmental scienceCoalRetrofittingWater coolingNameplate capacityPower stationFossil fuelCost of electricity by sourceEnvironmental engineeringElectricity generationWaste managementEngineeringPower (physics)Structural engineeringElectrical engineeringPhysicsMechanical engineeringQuantum mechanicsWater-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesWater resources management and optimizationIntegrated Energy Systems Optimization