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SASBE conference 2009, Delft
1. Expanding Exergy concept to Urban Water cycle Wouter Leduc, Claudia Agudelo, Adriaan Mels & Ronald Rovers Urban Environment Group – Wageningen University Polytechnic University Zuyd, Heerlen
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10. Energy and Water cycles – global scale Oil/gas reserves Lake Geothermal energy Ground water Reflection Evaporation Infiltration Runoff Heat losses
11. Urban Energy and Water systems – local scale Input Output Transformation Supplier Emissions
12. Energy and Water qualities in Urban systems – local scale Use 1 Use 2 Use n Qs Q supplied ΔQr Qs = Quality surplus ΔQr = Un-used remaining quality ΔQr ΔQr Qs Q U A L I T Y High Low Supply Demand Source 1 Source 2 Conversion Emissions
13. Coupling supply and demand - local ΔQ High Water cascading in the urban area Heat cascading in the urban area Water system, quality Closed water loops in the urban area Multi-sourcing in the urban area Multi-sourcing in the urban area Energy system, temperature Residential areas Power Plant Industry Green houses Offices ΔT Low Solar energy High Residential areas Offices Green houses Industry Rain water Low
Energy and water critical flows: vital for human well being and for functioning of cities e.g., most efficient dutch power plant reaches only an efficiency-level of 55 %, 45 % wasted as heat; for water: 30 % of potable water used for toilet flushing
Study un-used potentials, taking stock, conversion technologies, storage, demand & supply, recycle, re-use
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