The water-energy-food nexus and process systems engineering: A new focus

DJ Garcia, F You - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
As the global population grows, consumption of water, energy, and food will also increase,
placing stresses on these three sectors, raising the importance of the Water-Energy-Food …

An integrated assessment and prediction approach of water-energy nexus at the provincial scale: A case study of Inner Mongolia, China

J Kang, L Xu, X Ren, C Li, Z Jia, J Li, Y Zhang - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The coordinated development of the regional water-energy nexus is important for the
rational utilization of resources. This study proposed an integrated assessment and …

Optimal water management under uncertainty for shale gas production

LF Lira-Barragán, JM Ponce-Ortega… - Industrial & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This paper presents a mathematical programing formulation for synthesizing water networks
associated with shale gas hydraulic fracturing operations while accounting for the system …

Reducing freshwater consumption in pulp and paper industries using pinch analysis and mathematical optimization

A Esmaeeli, MH Sarrafzadeh - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The pulp and paper (P&P) industries are classified among the water-intensitive industries. In
this work, implementation of the Water Closed-Loop System (WCLS) in a P&P factory to …

Global optimization for the synthesis of property-based recycle and reuse networks including environmental constraints

JM Ponce-Ortega, MM El-Halwagi… - Computers & chemical …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new formulation and a mathematical programming model for the
direct recycle and reuse of mass exchange networks considering simultaneously process …

Optimization of water network synthesis for single-site and continuous processes: milestones, challenges, and future directions

CS Khor, B Chachuat, N Shah - Industrial & Engineering …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Increasing water demand in the process and its allied industries coupled with global water
stress and scarcity has underlined the importance of water as a crucial resource and …

Optimal reuse of flowback wastewater in hydraulic fracturing including seasonal and environmental constraints

LF Lira‐Barragán, JM Ponce‐Ortega… - AIChE …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents a mathematical programing formulation for the optimal management of
flowback water in shale gas wells. The formulation accounts for the time‐based generation …

Water management methods in food industry: Corn refinery as a case study

M Bavar, MH Sarrafzadeh, H Asgharnejad… - Journal of Food …, 2018 - Elsevier
Water pinch analysis and mathematical optimization are two approaches that can be used in
an industrial unit to achieve the minimum water consumption and wastewater generation …

A superstructure optimization approach for water network synthesis with membrane separation-based regenerators

CS Khor, B Chachuat, N Shah - Computers & chemical engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
This work addresses the problem of water network synthesis. We propose a superstructure
with fixed topology for a water network that consists of three layers, similar to a pooling …

Water integration of eco-industrial parks using a global optimization approach

E Rubio-Castro, JM Ponce-Ortega… - Industrial & …, 2010 - ACS Publications
This Article presents a mathematical programming model for the mass integration of eco-
industrial parks. The model considers the reuse of wastewater among different industries …