What do we know about water scarcity in semi-arid zones? A global analysis and research trends

F Morante-Carballo, N Montalván-Burbano… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water supply is strategic for the development of society. The water distribution in nature
follows patterns linked to geographic and territorial issues. Climate fluctuations aggravate …

A comprehensive classification of food-energy-water nexus optimization studies: state of the art

M Di Martino, P Linke, EN Pistikopoulos - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
To tackle the globally increasing discrepancy between food, energy and water demands and
resource availability sustainably, resource supply system models have to incorporate the …

Performance and control of a reverse osmosis unit integrated with Pelton Wheel to supply emergency electric loads under various operating conditions

FA Essa, F Selim, MS El-Sebaey - Sustainable Environment Research, 2023 - Springer
Nowadays, the whole world is moving very quickly into the field of seawater desalination.
This is because the world suffers from a lack of potable water. Water and energy are …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-criteria decision for selecting a wind farm location to supply energy to reverse osmosis devices and produce freshwater using GIS in Iran

M Razeghi, A Hajinezhad, A Naseri, Y Noorollahi… - Energy Strategy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to its location in arid and semi-arid climates, Iran is one of the countries with the highest
water stress, and the need for a study that states a solution for using salt water is felt more …

Optimization approaches to design water-energy-food nexus: A litterature review

D Peña-Torres, M Boix, L Montastruc - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change and rapid population growth have caused a steady rise in the global
demand of water, energy and food. Various review articles have studied this effect through …

Optimization of sustainable seawater desalination: Modeling renewable energy integration and energy storage concepts

S Schär, A Bischi, A Baccioli, U Desideri… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many arid and semi-arid regions of the world face growing freshwater scarcity, requiring
increased utilization of seawater desalination to augment the existing freshwater resources …

Multi-scale integration for enhanced resilience of sustainable energy supply chains: Perspectives and challenges

NJ Chrisandina, S Vedant, E Iakovou… - Computers & Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The projected increase in global energy consumption, along with recent upheavals such as
extreme weather events due to climate change and geopolitical turmoil, motivates the …

[PDF][PDF] The Food‑Energy‑Water Nexus Optimization: A Systematic Literature Review

OO Apeh, N Nwulu - Research on World Agricultural …, 2024 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
The sudden rise in population and the need to sustain natural resources have subjected
many researchers to another dimension of an interesting study, such as integrating food …

A food-energy-water nexus meta-model for food and energy security

OA Ogbolumani, NI Nwulu - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022 - Elsevier
Optimal allocation of the food, energy and water (FEW) resources is of emergent concern
owing to depleting supply of the natural resources. Increasing demand for the FEW …

[HTML][HTML] Flexible design and operation of multi-stage reverse osmosis desalination process for producing different grades of water with maintenance and cleaning …

MA Al-Obaidi, KH Rasn, SH Aladwani… - … Research and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The use of Reverse Osmosis (RO) process in seawater desalination to provide high-
quality drinking water is progressively increased compared to thermal technologies. In this …