Relationship between water and energy consumption at end use

摘要

Energy and water are closely related to each other yet management of the two resources has historically been independent Energy is consumed in water supply end use and water recycling Previous studies found that end use consumed largest energy in the water-energy life cycle The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between water and energy consumption at the end-use stage It first reviewed energy consumption at each stage in the water life cycle that helps to determine factors which increase energy consumption at water supply wastewater end use and water recycling Three cases of an apartment school and manufacturing plant were employed to analyze the correlation between water and energy consumption at end-use The analysis results reveal that water consumption’s correlation to energy consumption increases from apartment school to manufacturing plant Water usage is positively related to energy consumption in the manufacturing plant Furthermore various end users have different factors affecting energy consumption Factors that affect energy consumption in a manufacturing plant include distance of end users level of treatment and pump efficiency Meanwhile appliance age efficiency of water heater and pump system are factors that affect energy consumption in the apartment and school Management can plan on water distribution based on the factors affecting energy consumption at the end use

獎項日期	2014 7月 30
原文	English
監督員	Andrew S. Chang (Supervisor)