2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Water-Energy-Climate Nexus in An Urban Environment

Life cycle analysis (LCA) and other holistic assessment of environmental and industrial processes in a urban environment. Original studies on concept developments, process evaluation and optimization for sustainable development, with particular emphasis on the interaction of water, energy and materials use in the current and future climates

Chair

Jeff Yang, USEPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory WSWRD / WQMB

Co-Chair

Bruce Hamilton, National Science Foundation

Presentations

03:15 PM

(364a) Understanding the Carbon-Nitrogen-Water-Energy Nexus in the US Economy Via Eco-LCA
Shweta Singh, Bhavik Bakshi

03:40 PM

(364b) A River Basin-Based Model of Advanced Power Plant Cooling Technologies for Mitigating Water Management Challenges
Ashlynn S. Stillwell, Mary E. Clayton, Michael Webber, David Allen, Mort Webster

04:05 PM

(364c) Water Requirement, Treatment, and Conservation Options for Energy Production
Bala Padmini Lingaraju, Qingshi Tu, Lei Cheng, Joo-Youp Lee, Mingming Lu, Tim C. Keener, Jeff Yang

04:30 PM

(364d) Integrated Analyses of Carbon Emissions, Water Use and Criteria Air Pollutant Emissions for Electricity Generation in Texas
David Allen, Mort Webster, Michael Webber

04:55 PM

(364e) Infrastructure Ecology for Sustainable and Resilient Urban Infrastructure Design
John C. Crittenden, Hyunju Jeong, Arka Pandit, Ming Xu, Charles Perrings, Dali Wang, Eric Williams, George Karady, Ke Li, Marilyn Brown, Miroslav Begovic, Samuel Ariaratnam, Steven French

05:25 PM

(364f) Smart Urban Growth through Iterative System Modeling of Infrastructure Planning Scenarios for Optimized Water-Energy-Climate Benefits
Y. Jeffrey Yang, Xinhao Wang, Heng Wei, Tim C. Keener, Susanna T.Y. Tong, Christopher Impellitteri, Thomas Speth, Daniel Murray, Jill Neal, Alan Hinchman, Laura Jacobsen, Mao Fang