Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)

Pressurized water systems are designed to guarantee the flow demanded by each user, considering the minimum required pressure. The pressurized water systems have increased water efficiency since their implantation, but they also increased the consumed energy and therefore, the greenhouse gasses emis...

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Autores: Romero, Laura, Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto|||0000-0001-8316-7778, López Jiménez, Petra Amparo|||0000-0002-7043-3683
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Sustainability indicators
Energy efficiency
Pressurized water systems
GHG emissions
Water efficiency
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spelling Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)Romero, LauraPérez-Sánchez, Modesto|||0000-0001-8316-7778López Jiménez, Petra Amparo|||0000-0002-7043-3683Sustainability indicatorsEnergy efficiencyPressurized water systemsGHG emissionsWater efficiencyINGENIERIA HIDRAULICAMECANICA DE FLUIDOSPressurized water systems are designed to guarantee the flow demanded by each user, considering the minimum required pressure. The pressurized water systems have increased water efficiency since their implantation, but they also increased the consumed energy and therefore, the greenhouse gasses emissions. The present manuscript develops the proposal of the sustainable indicators that were selected through deep review. These indicators are related to social-cultural, economic, and environmental criteria. Furthermore as novelty, they were described and applied on a pressurized water network, complementing the energy indexes usually used in the energy audit. To reach the improvement of the sustainability in water systems, new strategies should be developed to improve all sustainability criteria, included the water and energy efficiency. These strategies were developed and analyzed by using of specific hydraulic software (i.e., EPANET) and they were based on operation rules to estimate the hydraulic values (pressure and flow). The operation and the regulation strategies were applied on a particular case study, in which, the energy saving was 12.26%, the cost saving was 15.54%, the reduction of energy footprint of water was 15.04%, and the decrease of GHG was 12.26% although the increase of the distributed volume was 9.07%. Besides, the supply guarantee for both irrigation and urban water distribution systems was increased in the new proposal of water management. Finally, the proposal to replace of a pressure reduction valve by a sustainability recovery machine (e.g., pump working as turbine) contributed with a generation of renewable energy equal to 103,710 kWh/year.AIMS PressDepartamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio AmbienteEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería IndustrialEscuela Politécnica Superior de AlcoyRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20172017-05-31journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/84491reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento - No comercial (by-nc) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/844912026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)
title Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)
spellingShingle Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)
Romero, Laura
Sustainability indicators
Energy efficiency
Pressurized water systems
GHG emissions
Water efficiency
INGENIERIA HIDRAULICA
MECANICA DE FLUIDOS
title_short Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)
title_full Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)
title_fullStr Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)
title_sort Improvement of sustainability indicators when traditional water management changes: a case study in Alicante (Spain)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Romero, Laura
Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto|||0000-0001-8316-7778
López Jiménez, Petra Amparo|||0000-0002-7043-3683
author Romero, Laura
author_facet Romero, Laura
Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto|||0000-0001-8316-7778
López Jiménez, Petra Amparo|||0000-0002-7043-3683
author_role author
author2 Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto|||0000-0001-8316-7778
López Jiménez, Petra Amparo|||0000-0002-7043-3683
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial
Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Sustainability indicators
Energy efficiency
Pressurized water systems
GHG emissions
Water efficiency
INGENIERIA HIDRAULICA
MECANICA DE FLUIDOS
topic Sustainability indicators
Energy efficiency
Pressurized water systems
GHG emissions
Water efficiency
INGENIERIA HIDRAULICA
MECANICA DE FLUIDOS
description Pressurized water systems are designed to guarantee the flow demanded by each user, considering the minimum required pressure. The pressurized water systems have increased water efficiency since their implantation, but they also increased the consumed energy and therefore, the greenhouse gasses emissions. The present manuscript develops the proposal of the sustainable indicators that were selected through deep review. These indicators are related to social-cultural, economic, and environmental criteria. Furthermore as novelty, they were described and applied on a pressurized water network, complementing the energy indexes usually used in the energy audit. To reach the improvement of the sustainability in water systems, new strategies should be developed to improve all sustainability criteria, included the water and energy efficiency. These strategies were developed and analyzed by using of specific hydraulic software (i.e., EPANET) and they were based on operation rules to estimate the hydraulic values (pressure and flow). The operation and the regulation strategies were applied on a particular case study, in which, the energy saving was 12.26%, the cost saving was 15.54%, the reduction of energy footprint of water was 15.04%, and the decrease of GHG was 12.26% although the increase of the distributed volume was 9.07%. Besides, the supply guarantee for both irrigation and urban water distribution systems was increased in the new proposal of water management. Finally, the proposal to replace of a pressure reduction valve by a sustainability recovery machine (e.g., pump working as turbine) contributed with a generation of renewable energy equal to 103,710 kWh/year.
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