Cooling water use in thermoelectric power generation and its associated challenges for addressing water-energy nexus
June 2018
•Global average energy intensity associated with water facilities are summarized.•Average water requirements for cooling in thermoelectric power plants are reviewed.•Opportunities of improving water...
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Evaluation and optimization of enhanced coagulation process: Water and energy nexus
June 2019
•The principles of enhanced coagulation and its methods are elaborated.•The mechanism and method of enhanced coagulation are illustrated.•A special focus is earmarked on the distribution of energy consumption...
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Critical review on improving irrigation water use efficiency: Advances, challenges, and opportunities in the Ethiopia context
2020
•In Ethiopia, agriculture is the dominant activities to sustain the rural community’s life and basic needs.•Irrigation consumes much amount of water extracted from various sources, and hence efficient...
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Assessment of water quality using GIS techniques and water quality index in reservoirs affected by water diversion
2021
•A numerical analysis for quantitative evaluation of reservoir responses.•A two-step statistical analysis to distinguish the effects on water diversion.•Magnitude and timing of water diversion as management...
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Photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical and pesticide compounds (PPCs) using doped TiO2 nanomaterials: A review
2020
•Wastewater sustainability through photocatalytic degradation of pollutants.•Method to synthesize doped TiO2 were discussed.•Relation between degradation rate of pharmaceutical and pesticide compounds...
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Wastewater resources management for energy recovery from circular economy perspective
2020
•Energy recovery from wastewater is evaluated in a circular economy framework.•Several technologies presented for energy recovery from WWTP’s effluents.•Challenges and opportunities is discussed for...
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How the Sponge City becomes a supplementary water supply infrastructure
2021
•Pathways to a complementary water supply service emerged from the Sponge City.•Suggestions for advanced and adaptive stormwater storage & treatment systems.•Implementing flexible services providing...
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Water, energy and food nexus of Indus Water Treaty: Water governance
June 2019
•The Indus Water Treaty is a successful settlement of boundary water basin conflict.•Water, food and energy are intimately related in a nexus influencing each others.•This paper reports global water...
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Integration of green and gray infrastructures for sponge city: Water and energy nexus
2020
•Concept and principle of integration of green and gray infrastructures were addressed.•Barriers and strategies of integration of green and gray infrastructures were proposed.•Key performance indicators...
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Revisiting the water-use efficiency performance for microelectronics manufacturing facilities: Using Taiwan’s Science Parks as a case study
December 2018
•Benchmarking water-use efficiency for the high-tech industries globally.•Elucidating the water-energy relationship in the high-tech industry.•Proposing alternative channels to enhance water resource...
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Developments in the microbial desalination cell technology: A review
2021
•The microbial desalination cell (MDC) can treat wastewater, produce electricity and desalinate seawater.•MDCs have generally produced little currents.•Most MDC studies have reported desalination efficiencies...
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Optimization of water use in a rapid filtration system: A case study
2020
•The evaluation of the fast filter allowed to identify malfunctions.•By increasing the filter washing speed, the expansion of the filter bed is improved.•There were improvements in terms of filtered...
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The water-energy-food nexus: A holistic approach for resource security in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey
2020
•This review provides an overview on water conflicts in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey.•A framework for the WEF nexus in the context of transboundary waters is provided.•This review discusses challenges and...
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Moving from theory to practice in the water–energy–food nexus: An evaluation of existing models and frameworks
June 2018
•Lack of data prevent available models from capturing interactions among nexus components.•Climate and geography have tremendous influence on supply and demand of resources.•Space and time are significant...
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Establishment and implementation of green infrastructure practice for healthy watershed management: Challenges and perspectives
2020
•International movement on watershed management was reviewed.•Policy implementation were investigated to analyze current and past barriers.•Strategies on establishment of healthy watershed management...
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The water energy nexus in Australia – The outcome of two crises
June 2018
•Energy is typically required to provide water, and water typically to produce energy.•The Millennium Drought water crisis led to supply diversity but high-energy over-investment.•Wind and photovoltaic...
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The food-water-energy nexus governance model: A case study for Iran
2020
•Iran is facing serious food and water crisis.•The crisis is mostly intensified by the government's weak management.•The Nexus perspective in the governance and policymaking process is a necessity for...
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Electricity generation from wastewater using a floating air cathode microbial fuel cell
December 2018
•Energy recovery from wastewater using microbial fuel cells is a sustainable energy solution.•Manganese catalysts were solubilized from the cathode surface during operation.•Platinum catalysts remained...
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Prioritization of potential soil erosion susceptibility region using fuzzy logic and analytical hierarchy process, upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia
2021
•The Fuzzy Logic and AHP were used for the identification of soil erosion hot spot location.•Soil erosion is a major environmental threat affecting people's livelihoods around the world.•Spatially,...
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Strategic optimization of water reuse in wafer fabs via multi-constraint linear programming technique
June 2018
•Method to deploy a comprehensive water flow network in fabs.•Identifying constraints and limiting parameters to optimize in-plant water reuse efficiency.•Method adeptable to other constraints, e.g.,...
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Impacts of climatic change and database information design on the water-energy-food nexus in water-scarce regions
2021
•The study highlights the synergies and trade-offs in the WEF nexus in Oman.•By 2099, the mean temperature will range from 2.0 to 3.5°C for RCP8.5.•Analysis showed drier January and February months...
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Opportunities and challenges of electrochemical water treatment integrated with renewable energy at the water-energy nexus
2020
•Electrochemical methods provide advantages of water treatment with scalable, modular, distributed, energy-efficient systems.•Integrated with renewable energy technologies, electrochemical methods are...
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An optimization for water requirement in natural gas combined cycle power plants equipped with once-through and hybrid cooling systems and carbon capture unit
2020
•Water consumption is optimized in once-through and hybrid cooling systems of NGCC plant.•Carbon capture unit (PCCC) was included in the studied optimization model.•A parametric study was conducted...
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