Incorporation of the Seasonal Variations in the Optimal Treatment of Industrial Effluents Discharged to Watersheds

Burgara-Montero, Oscar; Ponce-Ortega, José María; Serna‐González, Medardo; El‐Halwagi, Mahmoud M.

doi:10.1021/ie303065h

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“…Depending on the resolution of these models, the resulting optimization problems can be very large, so opportunities may exist for developing and applying advanced methods to improve efficiency. Some steps in this direction are described by Burgara‐Montero et al 43 ; Lopez‐Diaz et al 44 ; Ghosh and Bakshi 45 . A similar approach may also be used for assessing water sustainability over a life cycle.…”

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Meeting the challenge of water sustainability: The role of process systems engineering

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This white paper is the result of discussions during the FIPSE‐4 conference (http://fi-in-pse.org) in June 2018. It aims to highlight open problems and provide directions for future research in the area of water with emphasis on its agricultural usages. Some of the open problems discussed are: (a) the use of ecosystems as unit operations to understand their role in providing freshwater and in cleaning polluted water; (b) consideration of interactions and independencies between flows of water and other resources, such as food, energy, materials, ecosystem services, and environmental emissions; (c) challenges in modeling, sensing, and closed‐loop control in precision irrigation. In particular, the development of agro‐hydrological models that balance computing speed versus solution details and accuracy: (d) The use of state and parameter estimation approaches, through field measurements, to obtain soil moisture levels accurately; and (e) decision support systems to administer water and nutrient needs for optimum yields of agricultural products.

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“…Another challenge about water management is one concerning wastewater. A substantial effort has been made in the area of process systems engineering to reduce environmental impacts over the water bodies. − Burgara-Montero et al proposed a distributed treatment system throughout a watershed to ensure the sustainability, concerning the pollution levels of the natural bodies of water. This approach uses the MFA (material flow analysis) technique to assess the system.…”

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Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming Model for Sustainable Water Management in Macroscopic Systems: Integrating Optimal Resource Management to the Synthesis of Distributed Treatment Systems

Garibay-Rodriguez

Rico-Ramı́rez

Ponce-Ortega

2017

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

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Recognizing the growing pressure on water resources, the literature reports several efforts in the area of mathematical programming to deal with the management of industrial and macroscopic water systems. This paper presents a mathematical programming model which integrates two strategies for sustainable water management. On the one hand, the model allows finding an optimal schedule for the distribution and storage of natural and alternative water sources to satisfy the demands of different users in a macroscopic system, while maintaining sustainable levels of water in the natural water resources. On the other hand, optimal decisions also involve the number, capacity, type, and location of treatment units in a macroscopic system. Our approach results in a mixed integer linear programming (MINLP) multiperiod model which has been solved through the GAMS modeling environment. A case study with different scenarios shows the scope of the proposed approach and the significance of the results.

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“…For improving the results obtained with the heuristic rules for synthesizing interplant water networks, mathematical programming approaches have also been reported, including targeting approaches, configurations that involve direct recycle networks, , including interceptors, − and involving retrofitting options, and also property-based constraints have been considered. , Furthermore, different flexibility options, − multiobjective optimization approaches, and fuzzy mathematical programming approaches − have been included, and these approaches have been applied to different industries. − In addition to the integration of water usage and discharge among several plants, it is important to track the impact of these discharges on the surrounding environment. Several research methods have incorporated material flow analysis (MFA) to incorporate the impact of water discharges on the surrounding. − …”

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Synthesis of Eco-Industrial Parks Interacting with a Surrounding Watershed

López-Díaz

Lira-Barragán

Rubio-Castro

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ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

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Industrial facilities impacting a watershed may be clustered into groups based on their geographical locations. Water usage and discharge for each clustered group of industries may be integrated through the introduction of an eco-industrial park (EIP). This paper presents a mathematical programming model for water integration of EIPs to be synthesized with the purpose of mitigating the environmental impact of industrial effluents discharged into watersheds. The model considers the creation of multiple EIPs, their location, sizing, and tasks. To determine the effect of the discharges on the surrounding watershed, a material flow analysis (MFA) model was coupled with water recycle strategies within the industrial facilities and the associated EIPs. The MFA characterizes the interaction of individual discharges and tracks the impact of the natural (physical, chemical, and biological) phenomena within the watershed on the fate and transport of pollutants. A multiobjective optimization formulation is developed to guide the decisions for multiplant water integration while accounting for the impact on the watershed. The objective function reconciles the minimization of the environmental impact on the watershed, the minimization of the total annualized cost of the water-management system, which includes the cost of fresh water, effluent treatment, and piping and pumping associated with the eco-industrial parks. An example is presented to show the scope and capabilities of the proposed optimization approach.

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Incorporation of the Seasonal Variations in the Optimal Treatment of Industrial Effluents Discharged to Watersheds

Cited by 12 publications

References 46 publications

Meeting the challenge of water sustainability: The role of process systems engineering

Meeting the challenge of water sustainability: The role of process systems engineering

Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming Model for Sustainable Water Management in Macroscopic Systems: Integrating Optimal Resource Management to the Synthesis of Distributed Treatment Systems

Synthesis of Eco-Industrial Parks Interacting with a Surrounding Watershed

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