03966oam 2200697I 450 991095664210332120251117000108.01-315-71873-11-317-51387-810.4324/9781315718736 (CKB)3710000000431440(EBL)3569597(SSID)ssj0001573811(PQKBManifestationID)16227952(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001573811(PQKBWorkID)14841283(PQKB)11653855(MiAaPQ)EBC3569597(OCoLC)958109437(Au-PeEL)EBL3569597(CaPaEBR)ebr11066473(CaONFJC)MIL798245(OCoLC)922213494(EXLCZ)99371000000043144020180706e20151965 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWater demand for steam electric generation /Paul H. Cootner and George O.G. Lof1st ed.Oxon [England] ;New York :Routledge :RFF Press,2015.1 online resource (159 p.)Routledge RevivalsFirst published in 1965 by Resources for the Future.1-138-85747-5 1-138-85739-4 Includes bibliographical references.""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Original Title""; ""Original Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""Cooling Demand""; ""Withdrawal Demand""; ""Evaporation Demand, or Disappearance""; ""Technological Advances that Could Influence Future Water Requirements""; ""II. THE NATURE OF WATER USE BY STEAM ELECTRIC UTILITIES""; ""III. THE SUPPLY CURVE FOR THERMAL EFFICIENCY""; ""The Shape of the Supply Curve""; ""The Effects of Technological Change""; ""A comment on the likelihood of technological change""; ""The gas turbine and atomic power""""IV. THE DEMAND CURVE FOR THERMAL EFFICIENCY""""Water and Fuel Cost per Kilowatt-hour""; ""Water and Fuel Cost per Kilowatt""; ""The Demand for Thermal Efficiency""; ""Glossary of Symbols""; ""V. AVERAGE THERMAL EFFICIENCY""; ""Computing Average Efficiency in 1980""; ""Appendix to Chapter V: Derivation of Equation V-1""; ""VI. THE ECONOMICS OF WATER USE""; ""The Principles of Cooling""; ""Varying Condenser Size""; ""The Economics of Cooling Towers""; ""Cooling tower capital costs""; ""Cooling tower operating costs""; ""Steam cycle correction""""Cooling Water Evaporative Losses and Minimum Requirements""""Allowance for Pollution""; ""Comparison of Cooling Systems""; ""VII. A REGIONAL MODEL FOR PROJECTIONS""; ""The Demand Curve for Thermal Efficiency in the West South Central Region""; ""Appendix A. The Physics of Thermal Efficiency""; ""Appendix B. The Supply Curve of Thermal Efficiency""; ""Appendix C. References and Literature Citations""In this book, first published in 1965, the authors identify the technological opportunities and costs of water recirculation and water quality adjustment in thermal plants, relating them to the possibilities for minimal expenditure and maximum efficiency in the use of water for servicing an entire region with thermal power. Water Demand for Steam Electric Generation will be of interest to students of environmental studies.Routledge revivals.Electric power-plantsSteam power plantsIndustrial water supplyElectric power-plants.Steam power plants.Industrial water supply.621.312132621.312132Cootner Paul H.104244Lof George O. G1134365MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956642103321Water demand for steam electric generation4459301UNINA