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Title Optimisation of wastewater treatment strategies in eco-industrial parks: Technology, location and transport
ID_Doc 23877
Authors O'Dwyer, E; Chen, KH; Wang, HC; Wang, AJ; Shah, N; Guo, M
Title Optimisation of wastewater treatment strategies in eco-industrial parks: Technology, location and transport
Year 2020
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.cej.2019.122643
Abstract The expanding population and rapid urbanisation, in particular in the Global South, are leading to global challenges on resource supply stress and rising waste generation. A transformation to resource-circular systems and sustainable recovery of carbon-containing and nutrient-rich waste offers a way to tackle such challenges. Eco-industrial parks have the potential to capture symbioses across individual waste producers, leading to more effective waste-recovery schemes. With whole-system design, economically attractive approaches can be achieved, reducing the environmental impacts while increasing the recovery of high-value resources. In this paper, an optimisation framework is developed to enable such design, allowing for wide ranging treatment options to be considered capturing both technological and financial detail. As well as technology selection, the framework also accounts for spatial aspects, with the design of suitable transport networks playing a key role. A range of scenarios are investigated using the network, highlighting the multi-faceted nature of the problem. The need to incorporate the impact of resource recovery at the design stage is shown to be of particular importance.
Author Keywords Wastewater; Resource-circular economy; Optimisation; Eco-industrial park
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000499066900090
WoS Category Engineering, Environmental; Engineering, Chemical
Research Area Engineering
PDF https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.09987
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