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Table 2 Summary of water coefficients in fuel production and power generation processes

From: Quantify the energy and environmental benefits of implementing energy-efficiency measures in China’s iron and steel production

Type

Unit

Water coefficient

Data source

Coal production

m3/TJ

4.0

Hejazi et al. (2014)

Coke production

m3/TJ

0.02

Pan et al. (2012)

Nature gas production

m3/TJ

0.01

Hejazi et al. (2014)

Crude oil production

m3/TJ

44.0

Hejazi et al. (2014)

Unconventional Oil production

m3/TJ

6.0

Hejazi et al. (2014)

Uranium

m3/TJ

2.0

Hejazi et al. (2014)

Thermal power

m3/MWh

2.85

Pan et al. (2012)

Nuclear power

m3/MWh

2.6

McMahon and Price (2011); Li et al. (2012)

Wind Power

m3/MWh

0.004

Li et al. (2012); Davis et al. (2013)

PV power

m3/MWh

0.1

Davis et al. (2013)