Economics of conserving water by use of alternative cooling methods for large nuclear, fossil, and combined cycle power plants

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:5962402

Rossie, J P; Mitchell, R D; Horsak, R D; Leidner, A; Porter, R M

The development of future electric generating facilities in California is complicated by the fact that water resources generally are scarce, highly allocated, or influenced by regional institutional and legal considerations. Therefore, in order to determine the cooling system makeup water requirements for power plants and the changes in busbar energy production costs associated with the use of cooling methods which would reduce annual water requirements, computer analyses were performed for 1000-MWe nuclear, 1000-MWe fossil-fueled, and 400-MWe combined cycle power plants equipped with optimized wet, dry/wet peaking, and dry cooling tower systems for a range of site, design, and economic conditions.

• Research Organization: Beck (R.W.) and Associates, Denver, CO (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5962402
• Report Number(s): EPRI-RP-927-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
WATER RESOURCES
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
ALLOCATIONS
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NUMERICAL DATA
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