Optimal design of integrated agricultural water networks

Rubio-Castro, Eusiel; Ponce-Ortega, José María; Cervantes-Gaxiola, Maritza E.; Hernández‐Calderón, Oscar M.; Ortiz-del-Castillo, Jesús Raúl; Milán-Carrillo, Jorge; Hernández-Martínez, José Francisco; Meza-Contreras, José Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2015.08.006

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“…Water Network: Reuse, Recycle, and Regeneration. The design of the water network is based on the proposed superstructure by Rubio-Castro et al, 12 whose configurations are given in Figure 2. It is possible to see that all configurations of interest for the use, reuse, and regenerations of water are included.…”

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“…Regarding water management, recently some works have focused on applying the criteria of integration of chemical processes to agricultural activity, particularly to the reduction of the use of water for the irrigation of crops through the optimal design of water networks. , In this sense, a water exchange network is a scheme in which the reuse and recycling of water is implemented in some processes and/or activities in order to reduce the fresh water consumption . For this, it is necessary to install treatment units that allow reducing both, the demand for fresh water and the wastewater stream, as well as the installation of storage units and a pumping system and pipes, which allow for the collection and distribution of treated wastewater for its later use, within the framework of compliance with an irrigation schedule established for a set of selected crops.…”

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Optimal Design of Sustainable Agricultural Water Networks

Núñez-López

Hernández‐Calderón

Ponce-Ortega

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ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

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This work proposes a multiperiod mixed integer nonlinear programming model for the optimal design of agricultural water networks, which involves the optimal reuse of resources, such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides. This model is based on a new superstructure that includes attractive options for the use, reuse, recycle, regeneration, and storage for the considered resources. The proposed model incorporates simultaneously the maximization of the net annual profit and the minimization of the environmental impact. The profit is formed by the economic incomes due to the sale of crops minus the corresponding capital and operating costs associated with the fresh water, fertilizer, storage, piping, pumping, and water treatment. Whereas the environmental impact is determined through the Eco-indicator 95 and the water footprint to evaluate the effect over the global warming, acidification, eutrophication, green water footprint, gray water footprint, and blue water footprint. Two case studies from the Mexican state of Sinaloa were solved with the proposed model. The operating, economic, and design parameters are representative for the state of Sinaloa in Mexico; and the results are presented in three-dimensional Pareto diagrams. From these diagrams, it is possible to find the optimal relationship between profit, eco-indicator, and water footprint.

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Optimal Design of Sustainable Agricultural Water Networks

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Hernández‐Calderón

Ponce-Ortega

et al. 2018

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“…Chen Xiaoping [20] proposed a decision support system for irrigation scheduling (DSSIS) based on forecasting rainfall and the cotton water stress index. References [21][22][23][24] introduce different automatic irrigation management systems for specific sites. Based on the transpiration estimation of the Man Pen-montes model and the control strategy of leachate concentration of conductivity measurement, Steidle Neto [25] developed an automatic control system for real-time preparation and application of tomato fertilizer solution.…”

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A Cotton High-Efficiency Water-Fertilizer Control System Using Wireless Sensor Network for Precision Agriculture

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Scientific researchers have applied newly developed technologies, such as sensors and actuators, to different fields, including environmental monitoring, traffic management, and precision agriculture. Using agricultural technology to assist crop fertilization is an important research innovation that can not only reduce the workload of farmers, but also reduce resource waste and soil pollution. This paper describes the design and development of a water-fertilizer control system based on the soil conductivity threshold. The system uses a low-cost wireless sensor network as a data collection and transmission tool and transmits the data to the decision support system. The decision support system considers the change in soil electrical conductivity (EC) and moisture content to guide the application of water-fertilizer, and then improves the fertilization accuracy of the water-fertilizer control system. In the experiment, the proposed water-fertilizer control system was tested, and it was concluded that, compared with the existing traditional water-fertilizer integration control system, the amount of fertilizer used by the system was reduced by 10.89% on average, and it could save 0.76–0.87 tons of fertilizer throughout the whole growth period of cotton.

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“…Galán-Martín et al developed a multistage linear programming model to determine the optimal planning for different crops for Spain. Other approaches for optimizing the agricultural activity have focused on the environmental aspect, resource management and localization; however, none of them has focused on undernourished communities.…”

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Sustainable Optimization of Food Networks in Disenfranchised Communities

Martínez-Guido

González-Campos

El‐Halwagi

et al. 2017

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With the growing concerns about food security around the world, there is a need to develop sustainable strategies and proactive measures especially in developing countries with disenfranchised communities. These strategies must account for the specific nature and resources of each community and should be integrated with the need for economic growth. This work presents a conceptual framework and a mathematical programming model for the strategic planning of a sustainable food assistance program to satisfy the nutritional needs of disenfranchised communities while taking into account the objective of economic growth and the constraints of local resources. A case study from Mexico is presented as an example of applying the proposed approach. Fourteen municipalities with the lowest human development index are considered. The results show that it is possible to satisfy the nutritional needs while simultaneously improving the local economy of these disenfranchised communities.

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Optimal design of integrated agricultural water networks

Cited by 15 publications

References 49 publications

Optimal Design of Sustainable Agricultural Water Networks

Optimal Design of Sustainable Agricultural Water Networks

A Cotton High-Efficiency Water-Fertilizer Control System Using Wireless Sensor Network for Precision Agriculture

Sustainable Optimization of Food Networks in Disenfranchised Communities

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