A technical appraisal of solar photovoltaic-integrated single slope single basin solar still for simultaneous energy and water generation

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 54, P. 104032 - 104032

Published: Jan. 17, 2024

In the contemporary era, availability of energy and water stands as an essential foundation for human survival, with water's significance underscored by its role in shaping habitats. However, modern world faces pressing challenge scarcity, exacerbated factors like air pollution, leading to ecological imbalances. Water, indispensable resource various daily activities, necessitates generation freshwater. Simultaneously, imperative sustainable has taken precedence on national agenda growth. this context, integration solar photovoltaic (PV) technology stills emerges most viable solution. Within these integrated systems, electrical generated PV is strategically employed preheat inlet feeds, enhance temperature, optimize evaporation condensation processes within still, thereby augmenting overall performance. This study delves into collectors/systems stills, distinguishing between thermal utilization systems. The review underscores pivotal addressing critical issues scarcity generation, contributing nation's

Language: Английский

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Solving the fouling mechanisms in composite membranes for water purification: An advance approach

Environmental Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 250, P. 118487 - 118487

Published: Feb. 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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Water Reuse: A Comprehensive Review

Environments, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(4), P. 81 - 81

Published: April 13, 2024

Water scarcity has emerged as a pressing global concern, driven by population growth, urbanization, and climate change. As freshwater resources dwindle, the imperative for water reuse becomes increasingly apparent. Reusing presents sustainable solution to mitigate scarcity, offering way maximize efficiency of available resources. This review delves into multifaceted landscape consumption reuse, aiming provide comprehensive analysis understanding this critical issue. It explores diverse implications unregulated consumption, spanning from its impacts on household routines profound influence economic activities. Additionally, it scrutinizes legislative framework surrounding usage, shedding light policies regulations in place. Furthermore, investigates current status practices Europe, delving various methods recovery. Finally, examines public perceptions attitudes toward recycled water, insights societal outlook vital aspect management.

Language: Английский

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Analyzing the SWOT of circular economy development in established industrial zones: A case study from Cyprus

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 39, P. 101513 - 101513

Published: March 8, 2024

Language: Английский

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Critical perspective on the elimination of emerging contaminants from industrial wastewater via microbial electrochemical technologies

CLEAN - Soil Air Water, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 22, 2024

Abstract Industrial water pollution originating from various industries like textile, dairy, oil, and petrochemical industries, etc. is a huge concern globally has led to devastating effects on the environment due release of refractory emerging contaminants (ECs). These ECs have attracted wide devotion scientific community their recalcitrant nature disastrous plants, aquatic life forms, humans. In this regard, conventional wastewater treatment technologies such as coagulation, flocculation, membrane technologies, electrocoagulation, other biological sequencing batch reactor, anaerobic up‐flow sludge blanket etc., are inefficient in removing industrial effluent, while advanced oxidation processes incur high cost extensive requirement energy for degradation ECs. To overcome issue, microbial electrochemical (METs) can be employed. For instance, METs shown promising results ECs, fuel cells, which nearly 92% 98% removal sulfamethoxazole with simultaneous power recovery. Alizarin yellow R, nitrobenzene, Congo red were degraded by electrolysis cells efficiency range 88% 98%, demonstrating superiority elimination trace contaminants. Similarly, almost 100% mineralization pyraclostrobin was noticed bio‐electro‐Fenton process, showing elevated potential these neoteric remediation pollutants. Thus, current review article aims critically analyze intervention wastewater.

Language: Английский

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The Influence of Environmental Variables on the Carbon Performance of Water Companies Across Time

Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 3, 2025

ABSTRACT One of the main challenges that water companies face is to reduce carbon footprint in their transition neutrality. Past research assessing performance has mostly ignored heterogeneity among evaluated. To overcome this limitation, study employed a parametric metafrontier approach assess and compare sample English Welsh companies, embracing sewerage (WaSCs) water‐only (WoCs). This method allows for comparison these two types analyses impact environmental variables on performance. It was evidenced treatment complexity, source raw water, population density significantly influence companies. The average efficiency WaSCs 0.816, indicating marginally superior compared WoSCs, which had an 0.803. Regarding productivity between 2011 2020, WoSCs demonstrated annual improvement 2.9%, while showed decrease 4.2%. insights gained from are highly significant policymakers focused transitioning industry toward net‐zero emissions.

Language: Английский

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Biohybrid Processes for the Valorization of Wastewater as a Circular Supply in a Microalgae Biorefinery

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Energy and Circular Economy: Large-Scale Integrated Lithium Recovery from Spent Batteries

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Defining Circular Business Models for the Water Sector Through European Living Labs´ Case Analysis

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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An innovative risk assessment framework for water reuse: The case study of Corleone (Italy)

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 380, P. 125090 - 125090

Published: March 30, 2025

Water reuse practices still need to be consistently implemented across Europe and globally, primarily due insufficient social trust the complexities of governance surrounding water techniques. Additionally, for uniformity in regulations is a significant factor. To address these challenges, European Parliament recently published Regulation 2020/741, which establishes minimum requirements standardise legal obligations reclaimed wastewater. This also mandates development Reuse Risk Management Plans (WRRMPs) all Union reclamation facilities. In view simplifying risks (both environmental health) management, this manuscript has novelty proposing new framework based on semi-quantitative approach. The allows assessing health according EU 2020/741. proposed framework, first time, connects severity risk with quality. was applied case study Corleone (Sicily, Italy), considered Class A 2020/741/EU. obtained results using are very encouraging regarding future agricultural water. Indeed, score were equal 4 2, respectively, corresponding low risk. result aligns quality ultrafiltration Corleone's plant, can classified as A/Class B

Language: Английский

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