Water-energy nexus management strategy towards sustainable mobility goal in smart cities

Abstract

All the authors have participated in different steps of this research. Particularly a brief description is attached: Helena M. Ramos supervised the whole research and was mentor of the idea. Helena M. Ramos and Modesto Pérez-Sánchez wrote the introduction and the definition of the methodology. Modesto Pérez-Sánchez and Lluis Giralt developed the model and simulations. P. Amparo López-Jiménez has revised this research. Water-energy nexus management strategy towards sustainable mobility goal in smart cities. Water distribution networks have high values of energy consumption from the source to the distribution. The use of pumps working as turbines to leverage the energy excess in consumption nodes is an innovative technology. The research proposes a new methodology, which couples the energy generation from water systems with other energy-consumption systems. The main goal is the development of energy communities, which will be self-sufficient to unify the solution with the mobility park charging systems. The optimization process is applied to an urban irrigation system in Lisbon to optimize the energy recovery from the network with PATs.This generated energy is used to cover the demand for two electric bikes' charging in Lisbon. This research contributes to both renewable energy and green mobility, creating a more sustainable and urban smart environment.An economic, environmental and social assessment is carried out evaluating the feasibility in global environmental terms.

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“…Portugal (Lisbon) WE nexus Urban irrigation system Helps to increase a sustainable smart environment at the urban scale [47].…”

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