Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plant
The assessment of the environmental greenness in the process industry has been quantified by means of the development of an integrated index, i.e., Monetized Footprint Index (MFI), based on the compilation and the integration of land, water and carbon footprint indicators. The MFI has been applied t...
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| Palabra clave: | Brines Carbon footprint (CF) Desalination Electrodialysis with bipolar membranes (EDBM) Land footprint (LF) Monetized footprint index (MFI) Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) Water footprint (WF) |
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Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plantHerrero González, Marta|||0000-0002-8046-3560Wolfson, AdiDomínguez Ramos, Antonio|||0000-0002-7322-4238Ibáñez Mendizábal, Raquel|||0000-0002-0432-1827Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163BrinesCarbon footprint (CF)DesalinationElectrodialysis with bipolar membranes (EDBM)Land footprint (LF)Monetized footprint index (MFI)Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO)Water footprint (WF)The assessment of the environmental greenness in the process industry has been quantified by means of the development of an integrated index, i.e., Monetized Footprint Index (MFI), based on the compilation and the integration of land, water and carbon footprint indicators. The MFI has been applied to assess the case study of a seawater reverse osmosis desalination with an integrated electrodialysis with bipolar membranes brine treatment. The MFI enables the evaluation of environmental burdens related to the chosen functional unit based on a weighting procedure, which integers land, water, and CO2 prices. It is neither a tool for the calculation of the production cost nor a sustainability analysis tool as it does not include social or economic indicators. Comparison between selected scenarios, based on the different sources of the requested electricity, grid mix (Spain and Israel, as examples), and photovoltaic solar energy (under a fixed solar irradiation), has been carried out. Maximum values of 0.30 €·m–3 and minimum values of 0.11 €·m–3 for the different scenarios have been obtained in the calculation of the MFI. Moreover, uncertainties in land, water and CO2 prices have been analyzed under a Monte Carlo simulation. This study concludes that MFI, being based on well-known environmental footprint indicators, can simplify and support the decision-making process.Support from MICINN under project CTM2014-57833-R is acknowledged. M.H.-G. thanks the MICINN for FPI grant BES-2015-07350 and the Erasmus+ program for the Student Mobility KA107 grant.American Chemical SocietyUniversidad de Cantabria20182018-11-05journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10902/15697ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2018, 6(11), 14533-14541reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/156972026-06-02T12:39:31Z |
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Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plant |
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Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plant |
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Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plant Herrero González, Marta|||0000-0002-8046-3560 Brines Carbon footprint (CF) Desalination Electrodialysis with bipolar membranes (EDBM) Land footprint (LF) Monetized footprint index (MFI) Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) Water footprint (WF) |
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Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plant |
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Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plant |
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Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plant |
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Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plant |
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Monetizing environmental footprints: index development and application to a solar-powered chemicals self-supplied desalination plant |
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Herrero González, Marta|||0000-0002-8046-3560 Wolfson, Adi Domínguez Ramos, Antonio|||0000-0002-7322-4238 Ibáñez Mendizábal, Raquel|||0000-0002-0432-1827 Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163 |
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Herrero González, Marta|||0000-0002-8046-3560 Wolfson, Adi Domínguez Ramos, Antonio|||0000-0002-7322-4238 Ibáñez Mendizábal, Raquel|||0000-0002-0432-1827 Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163 |
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Wolfson, Adi Domínguez Ramos, Antonio|||0000-0002-7322-4238 Ibáñez Mendizábal, Raquel|||0000-0002-0432-1827 Irabien Gulías, Ángel|||0000-0002-2411-4163 |
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Brines Carbon footprint (CF) Desalination Electrodialysis with bipolar membranes (EDBM) Land footprint (LF) Monetized footprint index (MFI) Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) Water footprint (WF) |
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Brines Carbon footprint (CF) Desalination Electrodialysis with bipolar membranes (EDBM) Land footprint (LF) Monetized footprint index (MFI) Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) Water footprint (WF) |
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The assessment of the environmental greenness in the process industry has been quantified by means of the development of an integrated index, i.e., Monetized Footprint Index (MFI), based on the compilation and the integration of land, water and carbon footprint indicators. The MFI has been applied to assess the case study of a seawater reverse osmosis desalination with an integrated electrodialysis with bipolar membranes brine treatment. The MFI enables the evaluation of environmental burdens related to the chosen functional unit based on a weighting procedure, which integers land, water, and CO2 prices. It is neither a tool for the calculation of the production cost nor a sustainability analysis tool as it does not include social or economic indicators. Comparison between selected scenarios, based on the different sources of the requested electricity, grid mix (Spain and Israel, as examples), and photovoltaic solar energy (under a fixed solar irradiation), has been carried out. Maximum values of 0.30 €·m–3 and minimum values of 0.11 €·m–3 for the different scenarios have been obtained in the calculation of the MFI. Moreover, uncertainties in land, water and CO2 prices have been analyzed under a Monte Carlo simulation. This study concludes that MFI, being based on well-known environmental footprint indicators, can simplify and support the decision-making process. |
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