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Zaki M, Rowles LS, Adjeroh DA, Orner KD. A Critical Review of Data Science Applications in Resource Recovery and Carbon Capture from Organic Waste. ACS ES&T ENGINEERING 2023; 3:1424-1467. [PMID: 37854077 PMCID: PMC10580293 DOI: 10.1021/acsestengg.3c00043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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Municipal and agricultural organic waste can be treated to recover energy, nutrients, and carbon through resource recovery and carbon capture (RRCC) technologies such as anaerobic digestion, struvite precipitation, and pyrolysis. Data science could benefit such technologies by improving their efficiency through data-driven process modeling along with reducing environmental and economic burdens via life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis (TEA), respectively. We critically reviewed 616 peer-reviewed articles on the use of data science in RRCC published during 2002-2022. Although applications of machine learning (ML) methods have drastically increased over time for modeling RRCC technologies, the reviewed studies exhibited significant knowledge gaps at various model development stages. In terms of sustainability, an increasing number of studies included LCA with TEA to quantify both environmental and economic impacts of RRCC. Integration of ML methods with LCA and TEA has the potential to cost-effectively investigate the trade-off between efficiency and sustainability of RRCC, although the literature lacked such integration of techniques. Therefore, we propose an integrated data science framework to inform efficient and sustainable RRCC from organic waste based on the review. Overall, the findings from this review can inform practitioners about the effective utilization of various data science methods for real-world implementation of RRCC technologies.
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- Mohammed
T. Zaki
- Wadsworth
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering and Construction, Georgia
Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, United States
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- Lane
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
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- Wadsworth
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, United States
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Ettoumi M, Jouini M, Neculita CM, Bouhlel S, Coudert L, Benzaazoua M. Improvement of water recovery from phosphate sludge at the M'Dhilla Mine, Tunisia. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:68965-68975. [PMID: 35562608 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20604-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In Tunisia, phosphate beneficiation from ores by the Gafsa Phosphate Company (GPC) is a water-intensive process that generates large amounts of sludge. Responsible mining minimizes water use and prioritizes its recycling and reuse to limit the impact on water resources. Recovery of water from the phosphate sludge (PS) using the densification with adapted flocculants-a low-energy consuming process-is plausible for efficient management of water resources. The objective of this study was to improve low-cost water recovery from PS produced at the M'Dhilla Mine plant operated by GPC in Tunisia. Representative samples of PS were first collected and characterized for physicochemical and mineralogical properties. To maximize water recovery, densification based on flocculation was then performed using two different flocculants (Slim Floc vs Flomin 905) with different doses (0.1 g/L vs 0.3 g/L), consumption (100-1200 g per ton of dry sludge g/tds), sludge concentration (50 g/L vs 60 g/L), and settling time (15-1200 s). Results showed that PS particles were fine-grained and contained carbonates, silicates, and significant residual fluorapatite (59%) that could be valorized. Up to 91% of water was recovered using anionic flocculant Flomin 905. These findings show an improvement of 24% relative to the current water recovery at M'Dhilla plant (66%) while using a flocculant dose three times lower than the conventional flocculent Sim Floc (0.1 g/L vs 0.3 g/L). The best sludge settlement conditions were obtained with 0.1 g/L Flomin 905 at 600 g/tds and 10 min of settling time. The densification process using Flomin 905 proved efficient in maximizing water recovery (91%) with a consumption of flocculant that could be decreased by up to 70% annually in comparison with Slim Floc, thus decreasing treatment costs by 63%. Results will help to prevent exhaustion of groundwater resources and limit land exploitation while decreasing the volume of settling ponds.
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- Mouna Ettoumi
- Laboratoire Ressources Minérales et Environnement, Mineralogy and Geochemistry Research Group, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Research Institute on Mines and Environment (RIME), University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
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- Research Institute on Mines and Environment (RIME), University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada.
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- Laboratoire Ressources Minérales et Environnement, Mineralogy and Geochemistry Research Group, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Research Institute on Mines and Environment (RIME), University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
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- Research Institute on Mines and Environment (RIME), University of Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
- Mining Environment & Circular Economy (EMEC), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, Morocco
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Lam KL, Solon K, Jia M, Volcke EIP, van der Hoek JP. Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Wastewater-Derived Phosphorus Products: An Agricultural End-User Perspective. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:10289-10298. [PMID: 35796480 PMCID: PMC9301919 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Recovering phosphorus from wastewater in more concentrated forms has potential to sustainably recirculate phosphorus from cities to agriculture. The environmental sustainability of wastewater-based phosphorus recovery processes or wastewater-derived phosphorus products can be evaluated using life cycle assessment (LCA). Many LCA studies used a process perspective to account for the impacts of integrating phosphorus recovery processes at wastewater treatment plants, while some used a product perspective to assess the impacts of producing wastewater-derived phosphorus products. We demonstrated the application of an end-user perspective by assessing life cycle environmental impacts of substituting half of the conventional phosphorus rock-based fertilizers used in three crop production systems with wastewater-derived phosphorus products from six recovery pathways (RPs). The consequential LCA results show that the substitution reduces global warming potential, eutrophication potential, ecotoxicity potential, and acidification potential of the assessed crop production systems in most RPs and scenarios. The end-user perspective introduced in this study can (i) complement with the process perspective and the product perspective to give a more holistic picture of environmental impacts along the "circular economy value chains" of wastewater-based resource recovery, (ii) enable systemwide assessment of wide uptake of wastewater-derived products, and (iii) draw attention to understanding the long-term environmental impacts of using wastewater-derived products.
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- Ka Leung Lam
- Department
of Water Management, Delft University of
Technology, Stevinweg
1, Delft 2628 CN, The Netherlands
- Division
of Natural and Applied Sciences, Duke Kunshan
University, 8 Duke Avenue, Kunshan, Jiangsu 215316, China
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- BioCo
Research Group, Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Gent 9000, Belgium
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- BioCo
Research Group, Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Gent 9000, Belgium
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- BioCo
Research Group, Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, Gent 9000, Belgium
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- Department
of Water Management, Delft University of
Technology, Stevinweg
1, Delft 2628 CN, The Netherlands
- Waternet, Korte Ouderkerkerdijk 7, Amsterdam 1096 AC, The Netherlands
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Yu F, Hu Y, Li L, Guo Q, Zhu Y, Jiao L, Wang Y, Cui X. Investigation on oxygen-controlled sewage sludge carbonization with low temperature: from thermal behavior to three-phase product properties. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:31441-31452. [PMID: 35006570 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18510-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A comprehensive study was conducted on the characteristics of oxygen-controlled carbonization process of sewage sludge (SS) using thermogravimetric analysis and lab-scale carbonization experiment. Reaction temperature of SS carbonization was varied between 250 and 650 °C in carrier gas with different O2 contents. The thermal process of SS in low oxygen could be divided into three stages: dehydration (below 160 °C), devolatilization (160-380 °C), stubborn volatile decomposition and fixed carbon combustion (380-600 °C). Based on Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS) and Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (FWO) methods, the reaction activation energy (E) of SS carbonization process in 10% O2 was the lowest, with values of 98.50 kJ mol-1 (KAS) and 103.49 kJ mol-1 (FWO). The properties of the obtained char, tar, and gas products were analyzed by FTIR and GC-MS. With the increase of carbonization temperature, char yield decreased and gas yield increased. The highest yield of tar was 27.76% (N2) and 27.04% (10% O2) at 450 °C. Low-oxygen atmosphere at the same temperature did not change the yield of char but increased the fixed carbon content and its aromaticity. Oxygen would participate in secondary cracking in tar and promote gas generation above 350 °C. It was found that the presence of oxygen not only increased the concentration of H2, CO, and CH4 in gas product, but also improved the quality of tar in terms of high aromatic content and low nitrogen-containing compounds.
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- Fan Yu
- Institute of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Liuhe Road 288#, Hangzhou, 310023, China
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- Institute of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Liuhe Road 288#, Hangzhou, 310023, China.
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- Jiaxing New Jies Heat & Power Co., Ltd, Qiumao Road 55#, Jiaxing, 314016, China
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- Institute of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Liuhe Road 288#, Hangzhou, 310023, China
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- Institute of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Liuhe Road 288#, Hangzhou, 310023, China
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- Institute of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Liuhe Road 288#, Hangzhou, 310023, China
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- Jiaxing New Jies Heat & Power Co., Ltd, Qiumao Road 55#, Jiaxing, 314016, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Awasthi SK, Kumar M, Sarsaiya S, Ahluwalia V, Chen H, Kaur G, Sirohi R, Sindhu R, Binod P, Pandey A, Rathour R, Kumar S, Singh L, Zhang Z, Taherzadeh MJ, Awasthi MK. Multi-criteria research lines on livestock manure biorefinery development towards a circular economy: From the perspective of a life cycle assessment and business models strategies. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 2022; 341:130862. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Arias A, González-García S, Feijoo G, Moreira MT. Environmental benefits of soy-based bio-adhesives as an alternative to formaldehyde-based options. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:29781-29794. [PMID: 33566296 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12766-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The restrictions imposed on the use of formaldehyde in wood panel adhesives have been the driving force behind the development of formaldehyde-free resins for the manufacture of wood products. Considering as a boundary condition the idea that the use of fossil-based raw materials should be replaced by biological options, there is growing interest in the environmental assessment of different alternatives for soy-based adhesives, as possible options to replace commonly used synthetic resins. This report includes the environmental profiles of soy-based adhesives taking into account the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. In addition, in order to increase their potential to replace synthetic resins, a sensitivity analysis of the main contributors to environmental damage was performed, thus giving an open guide for further research and improvement. This study aims to provide innovative alternatives and new trends in the field of environmentally friendly bio-adhesives for the wood panel industry.
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- Ana Arias
- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Mirwan A, Putra MD, Liu JC, Altway A, Handogo R. Aluminum leaching from water treatment sludge using hydrochloric acid and kinetic study. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:25553-25562. [PMID: 32350836 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08922-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Water treatment sludge (WTS) is abundantly produced in the world; the waste contributes to the environmental problems. Therefore, for WTS utilization, aluminum leaching was employed using hydrochloric acid in this study. Al leaching efficiency increased from 72% to 80% as hydrochloric acid concentration increased from 1 to 4 M. Decreasing the particle size and increasing the temperature increased Al leaching efficiency. The proposed kinetic model revealed that the rate-controlling step followed a series of two leaching mechanisms: initially controlled by product-layer diffusion and then by a chemically controlled reaction. For instance, at 70 °C, the initial stage is well fitted by product-layer diffusion (R2 = 0.87) compared to R2 = 0.60 for chemical reaction; while for the second stage, R2 = 0.95 was observed via chemical reaction compared to R2 = 0.74 for product-layer diffusion. The activation energies in these two stages were 9.58 kJ/mol and 10.73 kJ/mol, respectively. The proposed model was well validated by using data from literature and thus will be useful for other applications of leaching and extraction processes.
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- Agus Mirwan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru, 70714, Indonesia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru, 70714, Indonesia.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia
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