 Quantitative engineering systems modeling and analysis of the energy–water nexusWilliam N. Lubega and Amro M. Farid Applied Energy, 2014, vol. 135, issue C, 142-157 Abstract: The energy–water nexus has been studied predominantly through discussions of policy options supported by data surveys and technology considerations. At a technology level, there have been attempts to optimize coupling points between the electricity and water systems to reduce the water-intensity of technologies in the former and the energy-intensity of technologies in the latter. To our knowledge, there has been little discussion of the energy–water nexus from an engineering systems perspective. A previous work presented a reference architecture of the energy–water nexus in the electricity supply, engineered water supply and wastewater management systems developed using the Systems Modeling Language (SysML). In this work, bond graphs are used to develop models that characterize the salient transmissions of matter and energy in and between the electricity, water and wastewater systems as identified in the reference architecture. These models, when combined, make it possible to relate a region’s energy and municipal water consumption to the required water withdrawals in an input–output model. Keywords: Power systems; Water resources; Wastewater; Sustainable development; Bond graph modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:appene:v:135:y:2014:i:c:p:142-157 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.07.101 Access Statistics for this article Applied Energy is currently edited by J. Yan More articles in Applied Energy from Elsevier |
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