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Water Consumption

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The Water Consumption result screen, which contains two tables, is shown for both PC and NGCC plants.

The table on the left shows the following results:

•Fuel Supply: Water consumption is shown for the following aspects of the fuel supply:

•Fuel Extraction: This is the amount of water consumption for fuel extraction per megawatt hour of electricity generation.

•Fuel Processing: This is the amount of water consumption for fuel processing per megawatt hour of electricity generation.

•Fuel Transport: This is the amount of water consumption for fuel transport per megawatt hour of electricity generation.

•Total Fuel Supply: This is the sum of the results listed above. It is highlighted in yellow.

•Plant Infrastructure: This is the water consumption of the plant infrastructure. It is highlighted in yellow.

•Chemical Production: Water consumption is shown for production of the following chemicals:

•Ammonia: This is the amount of water consumption for ammonia production per megawatt hour of electricity generation.

•Limestone: This is the amount of water consumption for limestone production per megawatt hour of electricity generation.

•Amine (30-wt% MEA): This is the amount of water consumption for (makeup) amine production per megawatt hour of electricity generation.

•Total Chemical Production: This is the sum of the results listed above. It is highlighted in yellow.

•Plant Operation: This is the water consumption for plant operation. It is highlighted in yellow.

The table on the right shows the highlighted values from the table on the left:

•Fuel Supply

•Plant Infrastructure

•Chemical Production

•Plant Operation

It also shows the following result:

•Total Life Cycle: This is the sum of the results above. It is highlighted in yellow.

Note:

This model is currently unaware of fuel blends; it simply uses the properties of the blend. A future update may allow individual fuels in a blend to be configured independently.

Warning:

This model does not support biomass. If you are using biomass, there will be a warning highlighted in yellow on this screen and on the Coal parameter screen. In this case, you will need to override the calculated values on the Coal screen if you want to obtain Fuel Supply results.