Sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems 2016

Pukšec, Tomislav; Leahy, Paul; Foley, Aoife; Markovska, Nataša; Duić, Neven

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2017.10.057

Cited by 35 publications

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“…As a separate field of research, these three major issues have been very deeply studied [2][3][4][5][6]. In recent years, the systemic risks of food, energy, and water resources have become increasingly prominent and thy have received great attention from governments and academic circles [7]. In January 2011, the World Economic Forum published the "Global Risk water) is usually small, and most of the consumption is reflected in the form of virtual water, which is the main component of the water footprint.…”

Section: Water-energy-food Nexusmentioning

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Structure Dynamics and Risk Assessment of Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Water Footprint Approach

Zhang

Fan

et al. 2019

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The “Water-Energy-Food Nexus” is one of the present research hotspots in the field of sustainable development. Water resources are the key factors that limit local human survival and socioeconomic development in arid areas, and the water footprint is an important indicator for measuring sustainable development. In this study, the structural dynamics and complex relationships of the water-energy-food system in arid areas were analyzed from the perspective of the water footprint, and the risk characteristics were evaluated. The results show that: (1) Agriculture products and livestock products account for the largest water footprints (>90%), which is much higher than the water footprints of energy consumption (<5%). From the water footprint type, the blue water footprint (>50%) > the grey water footprint (20%–30%) > the green water footprint (<20%). (2) Since 2000, especially after 2005, while energy consumption drove rapid economic growth, it also led to the rapid expansion of the water footprint in the Manas River Basin. By 2015, the water deficit was relatively serious, with the surface water resource deficit reaching 16.21 × 108 m3. (3) The water-energy risk coupling degree of the water-energy-food system in this basin is comparatively significant, which means that it is facing the dual pressures of internal water shortage and external energy dependence, and it is vulnerable to global warming and fluctuations in the international and domestic energy markets. Thus, it is necessary to adjust the industrial structure through macroeconomic regulation and control, developing new energy sources, reducing the coupling degree of system risks, and achieving sustainable development.

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Section: Water-energy-food Nexusmentioning

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Structure Dynamics and Risk Assessment of Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Water Footprint Approach

Zhang

Fan

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…The extensive use of antibiotics within either a therapeutic or veterinary context has resulted in a crisis in the long run. Antibiotics can reach the water systems via three major routes: (1) drug production sites, (2) run-offs from the point-of-care locations and the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs); and (3) the improper disposal of pharmaceutically active materials, including human and veterinary medication residues, as well as the personal care products [ 1 , 2 ]. If existing even as traces, the occurrence of antibiotics in wastewater is responsible for several ecological and health problems [ 3 , 4 , 5 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comparison between Different Agro-wastes and Carbon Nanotubes for Removal of Sarafloxacin from Wastewater: Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies

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In the current study, eco-structured and efficient removal of the veterinary fluoroquinolone antibiotic sarafloxacin (SARA) from wastewater has been explored. The adsorptive power of four agro-wastes (AWs) derived from pistachio nutshells (PNS) and Aloe vera leaves (AV) as well as the multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) has been assessed. Adsorbent derived from raw pistachio nutshells (RPNS) was the most efficient among the four tested AWs (%removal ‘%R’ = 82.39%), while MWCNTs showed the best adsorptive power amongst the five adsorbents (%R = 96.20%). Plackett-Burman design (PBD) was used to optimize the adsorption process. Two responses (‘%R’ and adsorption capacity ‘qe’) were optimized as a function of four variables (pH, adsorbent dose ‘AD’ (dose of RPNS and MWCNTs), adsorbate concentration [SARA] and contact time ‘CT’). The effect of pH was similar for both RPNS and MWCNTs. Morphological and textural characterization of the tested adsorbents was carried out using FT-IR spectroscopy, SEM and BET analyses. Conversion of waste-derived materials into carbonaceous material was investigated by Raman spectroscopy. Equilibrium studies showed that Freundlich isotherm is the most suitable isotherm to describe the adsorption of SARA onto RPNS. Kinetics’ investigation shows that the adsorption of SARA onto RPNS follows a pseudo-second order (PSO) model.

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“…One of the main issues to achieve these objectives is the improvement of resource use efficiencies by integrating various life supporting systems, in a such way that the wastes of one mankind activity can be used as inputs to others being beneficial to the system at all (Urbaniec, 2016). In this context, industries must be highlighted since they are great consumers of water for use as raw material or auxiliary input of production (Mierzwa & Hespanhol, 2005).…”

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Water reuse at the pulp and paper industry using water source diagram

Moura

Marques

Rocha

2020

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One of the main issues in the present and upcoming decades is the improvement of natural resource use efficiencies. The industrial use of water is preferred as a target for the implementation of sustainable models of water management with the purpose of reducing the use of this resource and generates less waste. This study aims the application of the Water Source Diagram (WSD) method in paper industry, typology associated to high wastewater generation, as a potential strategy to achieve sustainable industrial processes through wastewater reuse. Operational data from paper industry were provided by previous works. Two scenarios of freshwater consumption were generated to model the system. Both cases showed that the freshwater consumption may be reduced over 30.22%, in relation to the baseline of no reuse. The efficiency of the WSD was also compared to other results reported in the literature. Although economic evaluation has not been addressed in this work, the method could be considered as a strategic tool for decision making.

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Sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems 2016

Cited by 35 publications

References 59 publications

Structure Dynamics and Risk Assessment of Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Water Footprint Approach

Structure Dynamics and Risk Assessment of Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Water Footprint Approach

A Comparison between Different Agro-wastes and Carbon Nanotubes for Removal of Sarafloxacin from Wastewater: Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies

Water reuse at the pulp and paper industry using water source diagram

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