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Dr. Jennifer Stokes-Draut

Deputy Topic Area Lead

https://eta.lbl.gov/people/jenn-stokes-draut

Research progress in energy-efficient water desalination of nontraditional water sources has been hindered by the absence of accessible water treatment data, a lack of standardized methods for assessing technology performance or the benefits of technology innovation, and minimal systems-level analytical research and tools. The NAWI Data Modeling and Analysis (DMA) Topic Area is a central, strategic, and non-biased service to NAWI that uses analysis and innovative tools to align research across all NAWI Topic Areas.

The DMA Topic Area focuses on enabling advanced water technology research by:

  • Providing a secure and publicly accessible data management system

  • Developing a standardized open-source analytical platform for consistently evaluating pipe parity of technologies treating non-traditional water sources

  • Providing innovative systems-level analyses and tool development.

AREAS OF RESEARCH

The DMA research is advancing science and understanding of water systems research through evaluation of topics such as:

  • How innovative water treatment technologies, treatment trains, and system designs could improve pipe parity performance of non-traditional water sources.

  • The impacts of water treatment technologies and systems-level improvements on a broader suite of economic, societal, and environmental metrics.

  • Foundational data and tool development that enables analytical research on water treatment systems.

For more information about NAWI’s DMA research topic, please contact NREL’s Jordan Macknick.

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