Stanford University researchers have developed a system that achieves atmospheric water harvesting with high specific productivity, defined as the rate of water collected per mass of absorbent material.
Wastewater treatment is energy and cost intensive. Demand charges on electricity bills often account for a large share of electricity costs, creating strong incentives for shifting load peaks away from time-of-use periods.
This methodology computes the marginal energy utilization for supplying individual water users based on the existing topology of the water distribution network (WDN), pipe sizes and baseline flows.