The Water-Food-Energy Nexus: Processes, Technologies, and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9781138746077 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 768 str.

I. M. Mujtaba; R. Srinivasan; N. O. Elbashir

Opis

The book highlights the interplay among water, food, energy, and the future of sustainability. It discusses challenges in efficient water and energy production and management, wastewater treatment, and impact upon food and essential commodities. It includes a case study evaluating sustainability of process, supply chain, and enterprise.

Spis treści

Section I: Water 1. Desalination 1.1 Model-Based Techniques in Desalination Processes: A Review 1.2 Addressing the Global Water–Energy Challenge through Energy-Efficient Desalination 1.3 Forward Osmosis for Irrigation Water Supply Using Hybrid Membrane System for Draw Solution Regeneration 2. Water Management 2.1 Toward Sustainable Water Management in Industrial Cities 2.2 Optimal Water Network Synthesis [Munawar A. Shaik] 2.3 Rationalization of Water Quality Monitoring Network 3. Wastewater Treatment 3.1 Appropriate Interventions and Technologies for Providing Safe Drinking Water to Rural and Underprivileged Communities 3.2 Toward the Synthesis of Wastewater Recovery Facilities Using Enviroeconomic Optimization 3.3 Water Conservation, Reuse, and Challenges: A Case Study Performed at Amul Dairy 3.4 Occurrence, Effects, and Treatment of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Water Section II: Food 4. Advances in Cereal Processing: An Approach for Energy and Water Conservation 5. Clean Energy Technologies for Sustainable Food Security 6. Bioenergy and Food Production: Appropriate Allocation for Future Development 7. Uses of Water and Energy in Food Processing 8. A General Model for Food Cooking Undergoing Phase Changes Section III: Energy 9. Fossil Fuel 9.1 Energy Efficient Thermal Retrofit Options for Crude Oil Transport in Pipelines 9.2 Process Industry Economics of Crude Oil and Petroleum Derivatives for Scheduling, Planning, and Feasibility Studies 10. Bio Fuel 10.1 Environmentally Benign Biodiesel Production from Renewable Sources 10.2 Process for Synthesis of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil: Feasibility and Experimental Studies 11. Synthetic Fuel and Renewable Energy 11.1 Gas-to-liquid (GTL)-Derived Synthetic Fuels: Role of Additives in GTL-Derived Diesel Fuels 11.2 The Role of Alternative Aviation Fuels on Reducing the Carbon Footprint 11.3 Integration of Distributed Renewable Energy Generation with Customer-End Energy Management System for Effective Smart Distribution Grid Operation 11.4 Evaluation and Modeling of Demand and Generation at Distribution Level for Smart Grid Implementation 11.5 A Process to Model Fischer–Tropsch Reactors 12. Carbon Capture 12.1 Application of Rotating Packed Bed Technology for Intensified Postcombustion CO2 Capture Based on Chemical Absorption 12.2 Process Simulation and Integration of Natural Gas Combined Cycle (NGCC) Power Plant Integrated with Chemical Absorption Carbon Capture and Compression 12.3 Postcombustion CO2 Capture Based on Chemical Absorption in Power Plants 12.4 Operation of Supercritical Coal-Fired Power Plant (SCPP) Integrated with CO2 Capture under the UK Grid Code 12.5 Whole System Experimental and Theoretical Modeling Investigation of the Optimal CO2 Stream Composition in the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Chain 12.6 Performance of Porous Covalent Organic Polymers for CO2 Capture at Elevated Pressure 12.7 Postcombustion Carbon Capture Using Polymeric Membrane Section IV: Sustainable Future 13. The Role of Molecular Thermodynamics in Developing Industrial Processes and Novel Products That Meet the Needs for a Sustainable Future 14. Green Engineering in Process Systems: Case Study of Chloromethanes Manufacturing 15. Fundamental Aspect of Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting 16. Photoelectrochemical Approaches to Solar-H2 Generation 17. Design and Operating Strategy Innovations for Energy-Efficient Process Operation 18. Evaluating Sustainability of Process, Supply Chain, and Enterprise: A Bio-Based Industry Case Study