Micro Water-Energy-Food (MicroWEF) Nexus: A system design optimization framework for Integrated Natural Resource Conservation and Development (INRCD) projects at community scale

Oviroh, Peter Ozaveshe; Austin‐Breneman, Jesse; Chien, Cheng-Chun; Chakravarthula, Praneet Nallan; Harikumar, Vaishnavi; Shiva, Pranjal; Kimbowa, Alvin Bagetuuma; Luntz, Jonathan; Miyingo, Emmanuel; Papalambros, Panos Y.

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120583

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“…Water and energy, which are crucial to societal growth, are under increasing stress 6,7 . This has resulted in the water-energy-food nexus being at the centre of policymaking, development, and research [8][9][10] .…”

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Towards the realisation of high permi-selective MoS2 membrane for water desalination

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Climate change and its related side effects are generating a demand for innovative ways to enhance desalination performance by adopting cost-effective and energy-efficient membrane materials. Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2), a two-dimensional (2D) material, holds the potential to address the deficiency of the current polymeric reverse osmosis (RO) membrane by maximizing the water-energy nexus. The nanoscale thickness of the MoS2 membrane promises better water permeability benefiting from the small diffusion length of the transport of the molecules while maintaining good chemical and mechanical robustness. Although many advantages have been projected, the experimental realization of such near-atomic thickness has not been fully explored because of the technological difficulties associated with the production. This review first highlights the remarkable combination of the ion’s rejection and permeability properties of the MoS2 membrane by discussing two distinct reported approaches for using MoS2 as a membrane for water desalination. Subsequently, the engineering challenges of the MoS2 membrane scalability for water desalination are discussed. Lastly, the possible opportunities for a well-controlled fabrication process critical to achieving and advancing MoS2 membranes from research laboratories to the industrial-scale application are outlined. We aim to provide a collective understanding of the realization of a high permi-selective MoS2 membrane for water desalination.

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“…It is then that the concept of Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus emerges as a framework to consider the complex relationships among water demand, energy requirements, and food supply (Zhang et al, 2018). This approach has been applied to evaluate different systems such as wastewater treatment (Panagopoulos, 2022;Panagopoulos andGiannika, 2022a, 2022b), urban and small landholder farming (Haitsma Mulier et al, 2022;Oviroh et al, 2023), irrigation systems (Cui et al, 2022), local and urban communities (Ding et al, 2023;Huang et al, 2023), among others. Regarding agri-food systems, the WEF nexus approach has been used in the evaluation of different fertilisation practices (Fabiani et al, 2020), combination of dairy farms with short rotation coppice willow systems (Livingstone et al, 2021), and integrative strategies of water savings, renewable energy generation and improvement of animal welfare (Sobrosa Neto et al, 2018).…”

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Water-Energy-Food nexus index proposal as a sustainability criterion on dairy farms

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“…INCRD-OPT is a simulation-based system design optimization tool for modeling and optimization of integrated irrigation, microgrid, and crop cultivation projects in small landholder farming communities often referred to as the Water-Food-Energy (WEF) Nexus (Albrecht et al, 2018;Oviroh et al, 2023).…”

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“…A key aspect of the INRCD modeling framework is the integration of engineering design decisions with the socio-economic needs and benefits of the farming communities. Specifically, system optimization objectives can be overall profit or a sustainability index (Oviroh et al, 2023). An important socio-economic need for farming communities is their resilience in the face of natural disasters and hardships related to climate change (Perez et al, 2015).…”

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Understanding Resilience of Agricultural Systems: A Systematic Literature Review

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Resilience is a widely studied concept that is a key objective in the design and development of sustainable systems. This is especially true for the agricultural systems critical to food production, economic viability, and sustainability of our communities, as farmers seek to meet increasing demand in the face of shocks such as climate change and natural disasters. Although there is a rich body of work examining resilience, there is limited understanding of how the concept of resilience should be tailored for agricultural systems. This study seeks to address this gap by performing a systematic literature review of 50 papers selected from SCOPUS using the PRISMA protocol. A summary of research topics and characteristics by geographical region is presented. The paper also categorizes the types of shocks studied and the corresponding response methods. Results suggest that the focus of resilience research changes by region, which may indicate that design strategies and objectives should also differ by region. Furthermore, the work identifies a need for more simulation-based quantitative research into the impact of resilience.

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Micro Water-Energy-Food (MicroWEF) Nexus: A system design optimization framework for Integrated Natural Resource Conservation and Development (INRCD) projects at community scale

Cited by 15 publications

References 49 publications

Towards the realisation of high permi-selective MoS2 membrane for water desalination

Towards the realisation of high permi-selective MoS2 membrane for water desalination

Water-Energy-Food nexus index proposal as a sustainability criterion on dairy farms

Understanding Resilience of Agricultural Systems: A Systematic Literature Review

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