A Review on Water-Energy-Greenhouse Gas Nexus of the Bioenergy Supply and Production System

Zahraee, Seyed Mojib; Shiwakoti, Nirajan; Stasinopoulos, Peter

doi:10.1007/s40518-020-00147-3

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“…Biomass feedstocks include dedicated energy crops, agricultural crop residues, forestry residues, algae, and municipal waste ( Zahraee et al, 2020 , Zahraee et al, 2020 ). This paper focuses on the two main categories of biomass products, including woody residue and palm oil.…”

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Agricultural biomass supply chain resilience: COVID-19 outbreak vs. sustainability compliance, technological change, uncertainties, and policies

Zahraee

Shiwakoti

Stasinopoulos

2022

Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain

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Agricultural biomass supply chain resilience: COVID-19 outbreak vs. sustainability compliance, technological change, uncertainties, and policies

Zahraee

Shiwakoti

Stasinopoulos

2022

Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain

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“…Because of the complexities of the WEC nexus, it has received little attention in the literature 24 . In addition, the bioenergy industry has significant evaluation capacity regarding WEC and greenhouse gas impact 25 . Chhipi et al 26 presented a WEC model from the standpoints of systems dynamics.…”

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“…Zahraee et al 10 proposed a dynamic simulation model under uncertainty to investigate the WEC nexus in the bioenergy industry. In another study, they also provided a comprehensive review of studies on the water–energy nexus and greenhouse gases 25 . Hiloidhari et al 28 presented the WEC life cycle for producing sugar, ethanol, and electricity from sugarcane.…”

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“…24 In addition, the bioenergy industry has significant evaluation capacity regarding WEC and greenhouse gas impact. 25 Chhipi et al 26 presented a WEC model from the standpoints of systems dynamics. Fajardy and Dowell 27 presented a study on CO 2 absorption and storage in the bioenergy industry, along with analyzing the whole supply chain of planting, harvesting, and transformation in dedicated biomass power plants.…”

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A sustainable network design of a hybrid biomass supply chain by considering the water–energy–carbon nexus

Rasekh

Hamidzadeh

Sahebi

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Energy Science & Engineering

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Nowadays, with population growth, rising global energy demand, increasing water consumption, carbon emissions, and excessive use of fossil fuels, the world faces a major challenge. Biomass is one of the most attractive sources of energy production, with positive effects on the economy, environment, and society, which can decrease the world's reliance on fossil fuels and deal with this universal challenge. Consequently, the biomass supply chain network design has received more attention in recent decades. Since energy and water are two significant sources for society's sustainable development and carbon emissions are essential for environmental health, the study of the water-energy-carbon (WEC) nexus is essential. In this study, a multiobjective multiperiod model for designing a sustainable supply chain network based on hybrid second-generation (i.e., Jatropha, agricultural waste, and animal waste) and third-generation (i.e., microalgae) biomasses is presented. The proposed multiobjective model consists of five objective functions that maximize the total energy produced and the number of jobs created and minimize the total water consumed, carbon emitted, and total costs. Case study results demonstrate the performance of the model utilizing the MINMAX goal programming approach. Based on the results, energy production from Jatropha is more appropriate in comparison with energy production from microalgae, agriculture waste, and animal waste. The findings also show that the proposed model in this research considering the WEC nexus performs significantly better than the classical model without considering the WEC nexus.

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“…Predominantly, water-energy-GHG emissions nexus has been studied regarding political and regulatory challenges and their interaction with food supply, climate change, growth, and the right to water. From a modeling perspective, this nexus has been studied using various technical and economic approaches, mainly considering co-production facilities as the coupling components between water and energy networks (e.g., Chhipi-Shrestha et al, 2017;Escriva-Bou et al, 2018;Oikonomou and Parvania, 2018;Zahraee et al, 2020). Nair et al (2014) highlighted the importance of modern thinking in relation to the increase in water supply, emphasizing that the search for water sources must consider measures that contribute to the mitiga-tion of global warming, reducing energy consumption and GHG emissions.…”

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Analysis of the water–energy–greenhouse gas nexus in a water supply system in the Northeast of Brazil

Alves

Bezerra

Silva

et al. 2021

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Ambient.

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Nos últimos anos, as concessionárias de água estão sendo submetidas a pressões para aumentar a eficiência de seus processos, devido principalmente à diminuição da disponibilidade de água e à necessidade de aumentar a sustentabilidade ambiental de seus processos. A redução de vazamentos é claramente uma parte importante da gestão sustentável na indústria da água, devendo seus impactos serem avaliados em um objetivo mais amplo de proteção ambiental. Apresenta-se, neste trabalho, uma avaliação ambiental e energética do sistema de abastecimento de água da cidade de Caruaru, localizada no Nordeste do Brasil, a fim de determinar quais fatores são responsáveis pelos maiores impactos ambientais. Este estudo é um dos primeiros na América Latina a avaliar os impactos ambientais de um sistema de abastecimento de água. Os dados primários adotados para a elaboração do inventário foram fornecidos pela concessionária de água, sendo a modelagem e análise realizada por meio do programa SimaPro 8.0®. Foram analisados quatro cenários com diferentes níveis de perda de água, sendo que o cenário C0 foi representado com as condições reais do sistema, enquanto os demais consideraram índices hipotéticos. A análise das contribuições dos processos demonstrou que o consumo de eletricidade dos conjuntos motor-bomba das adutoras de água representou o maior impacto ambiental em todos os cenários. O cenário mais eficiente resultaria em uma redução de 52% na emissão de gases de efeito estufa, demonstrando que o aumento da eficiência hidráulica das redes de distribuição representa uma oportunidade significativa para reduzir os impactos ambientais dos processos.

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A Review on Water-Energy-Greenhouse Gas Nexus of the Bioenergy Supply and Production System

Cited by 20 publications

References 49 publications

Agricultural biomass supply chain resilience: COVID-19 outbreak vs. sustainability compliance, technological change, uncertainties, and policies

Agricultural biomass supply chain resilience: COVID-19 outbreak vs. sustainability compliance, technological change, uncertainties, and policies

A sustainable network design of a hybrid biomass supply chain by considering the water–energy–carbon nexus

Analysis of the water–energy–greenhouse gas nexus in a water supply system in the Northeast of Brazil

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