[HTML][HTML] Making waves: Research to support water and wastewater utilities in the transition to a clean-energy future

RB Sowby - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Drinking water and wastewater utilities are in the business of making clean water, not using
clean energy, and the ongoing energy transition is swiftly creating new challenges for which …

The Global Carbon Footprint and How New Carbon Mineralization Technologies Can Be Used to Reduce CO2 Emissions

A Alturki - ChemEngineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of our industrial society. It is released into the atmosphere,
which has an adverse effect on the environment. Carbon dioxide management is necessary …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of hexavalent chromium from aqueous stream by maghemite nanoparticles synthesized by the microemulsion method

JM Barad, HP Kohli, M Chakraborty - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
The magnetic nanoparticles maghemite were synthesized by the co-precipitation reaction
and then used for the removal of hexavalent chromium from the synthetic aqueous stream …

Reclaiming wastewater with increasing salinity for potable water reuse: water recovery and energy consumption during reverse osmosis desalination

X Wei, KT Sanders, AE Childress - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
With reverse osmosis membranes being industry-standard in many potable reuse facilities,
an opportunity exists to desalinate higher-salinity streams (eg, brine and regional brine …

Valuing energy flexibility from water systems

AK Rao, J Bolorinos, E Musabandesu, FT Chapin… - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
Water systems represent an untapped source of electric power load flexibility, but
determining the value of this flexibility requires quantitative comparisons to other grid-scale …

A survey of commercial and industrial demand response flexibility with energy storage systems and renewable energy

R Yasmin, BMR Amin, R Shah, A Barton - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The transition from traditional fuel-dependent energy systems to renewable energy-based
systems has been extensively embraced worldwide. Demand-side flexibility is essential to …

Optimizing experimental parameters in sequential CO2 mineralization using seawater desalination brine

JH Bang, SC Chae, K Song, SW Lee - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Seawater desalination has two major negative environmental impacts: brine
production/discharge and a large carbon footprint arising from energy consumption …

A multi-scenario BP-neural-network ecologically-extended input-output model for synergetic management of water-electricity nexus system–A case study of Fujian …

XP Chen, YP Li, PP Gao, J Liu, H Zhang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Water and electricity are interdependent and restricted (forming water-electricity nexus),
which hinder the socioeconomic sustainable development associated with resources …

Emitting less without curbing usage? Exploring greenhouse gas mitigation strategies in the water industry through load shifting

A Zohrabian, KT Sanders - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Growing interest in greenhouse gas mitigation strategies to address global climate change
has resulted in the rapid expansion of renewable electricity sources. However, increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigating renewables curtailment and carbon emissions in California through water sector demand flexibility

AM Rupiper, R Good, GJ Miller, F Loge - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Increased renewable energy deployment in places like California have led to more frequent
curtailment of these resources when their generation exceeds simultaneous demand for …