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Ahmad, J.I. (author), Dignum, Marco (author), Liu, G. (author), Medema, G.J. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs) have been thoroughly studied, but the concept of thermal energy recovery from DWDSs is very new and has been conceptualized in the past few years. Cold recovery results in a temperature increase of the drinking water. Its effects on drinking water quality and biofilm development are unclear. Hence, we...journal article 2021
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Ahmad, J.I. (author), Liu, G. (author), van der Wielen, Paul (author), Medema, G.J. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)Drinking water distribution systems (DWDSs) are used to supply hygienically safe and biologically stable water for human consumption. The potential of thermal energy recovery from drinking water has been explored recently to provide cooling for buildings. Yet, the effects of increased water temperature induced by this “cold recovery” on the...journal article 2020
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van der Hoek, J.P. (author), Mol, Stefan (author), Giorgi, Sara (author), Ahmad, J.I. (author), Liu, G. (author), Medema, G.J. (author)Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contribute to climate change. The public water utility of Amsterdam wants to operate climate neutrally in 2020 to reduce its GHG emissions. Energy recovery from the water cycle has a large potential to contribute to this goal: the recovered energy is an alternative for fossil fuel and thus contributes to the...journal article 2018