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

Yang, J., USEPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory WSWRD / WQMB

Co-Chair

Hamilton, B., National Science Foundation

Presentations

03:15 PM

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

03:40 PM

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

04:05 PM

(364c) Water Requirement, Treatment, and Conservation Options for Energy Production
Lingaraju, B. P., Tu, Q., Cheng, L., Lee, J. Y., Lu, M., Keener, T. C., Yang, J.

04:30 PM

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

04:55 PM

(364e) Infrastructure Ecology for Sustainable and Resilient Urban Infrastructure Design
Crittenden, J. C., Jeong, H., Pandit, A., Xu, M., Perrings, C., Wang, D., Williams, E., Karady, G., Li, K., Brown, M., Begovic, M., Ariaratnam, S., French, S.

05:25 PM

(364f) Smart Urban Growth through Iterative System Modeling of Infrastructure Planning Scenarios for Optimized Water-Energy-Climate Benefits
Yang, Y. J., Wang, X., Wei, H., Keener, T. C., Tong, S. T., Impellitteri, C., Speth, T., Murray, D., Neal, J., Hinchman, A., Jacobsen, L., Fang, M.