This paper guides decision making in more sustainable urban water management practices
that feed into a circular economy by presenting a novel framework for conceptually …

The increasing demand on wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has involved an interest in
improving the alternative treatment selection process. In this study, an integrated framework …

This article presents a critical review on process synthesis, design, and control of
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) which remains as an important task for researchers …

The increasing number of alternative wastewater treatment technologies and stricter effluent
requirements make the optimal treatment process selection for wastewater treatment plant …

The objective of this paper is to present a new process synthesis tool to systematically
synthesize, design, and evaluate plant layouts for early-stage design/retrofit of wastewater …

Manual generation of test cases and scenario screening processes, during field architecture
concept development, may produce a limited number of solutions that do not necessarily …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have complex processes and interrelated operations,
subsequently poses multi-facet challenges in their planning and designing. Moreover …

Many wastewater treatment processes and technologies have been developed since the
beginning of the 20th century to meet increasingly stringent performance demands. Still the …

Energy demand and emissions are rising steadily, and are forecast to double by 2050 (IEA
2012). In fact, energy-related carbon dioxide CO_2 CO 2 emissions have reached historic …

The quest for satisfying the needs of a growing population along with the urge to address
environmental concerns require the development of novel and more sustainable production …