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DOI	10.3390/en16073292
	Financial, Economic, and Environmental Analyses of Upgrading Reverse Osmosis Plant Fed with Treated Wastewater
	Chamaki, Foroogh Nazari; Jenkins, Glenn P.; Hashemipour, Majid
通讯作者	Jenkins, GP
来源期刊	ENERGIES
EISSN	1996-1073
出版年	2023
卷号	16 期号:7
英文摘要	One of the most effective strategies to mitigate water shortages worldwide is to reuse treated wastewater for freshwater production employing reverse osmosis (RO) technology. This strategy is appropriate in urban areas of arid or semi-arid regions as it can provide a sustainable and reliable water source close to the consumers. One of the drawbacks of RO is the high variability of production costs due to the electricity intensity. In addition, depending on the electricity source, it can also result in substantial environmental costs. This study showed that upgrading pumping and RO membrane systems of a wastewater reuse plant in Cyprus can significantly alleviate these drawbacks in terms cost, water recovery rate, and air pollution. The water-recovery rate of the upgraded RO plant increased from 43.2 to 75 percent, which resulted in a substantial net financial benefit due to the reduction in the quantity of wastewater purchased and the increase in potable water produced. The upgraded system also reduced the electricity requirement from 3.63 kWh/m(3) to 1.92 kWh/m(3). Pollution emissions decreased substantially because of the reduction in electricity requirements. The beneficiaries of these lower emission costs are the residents of Cyprus and global society. Overall, the benefit of upgrading the plant is highly attractive with more than 65 percent annual real internal rates of return in financial and economic terms. Positive net present values are realized for all the scenarios considered.
英文关键词	circular economy reused wastewater reverse osmosis levelized cost economic cost membrane technologies emission cost environmental externalities distributive analysis energy saving
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000969634600001
WOS关键词	REUSE
WOS类目	Energy & Fuels
WOS研究方向	Energy & Fuels
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/396058
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chamaki, Foroogh Nazari,Jenkins, Glenn P.,Hashemipour, Majid. Financial, Economic, and Environmental Analyses of Upgrading Reverse Osmosis Plant Fed with Treated Wastewater[J],2023,16(7).
APA	Chamaki, Foroogh Nazari,Jenkins, Glenn P.,&Hashemipour, Majid.(2023).Financial, Economic, and Environmental Analyses of Upgrading Reverse Osmosis Plant Fed with Treated Wastewater.ENERGIES,16(7).
MLA	Chamaki, Foroogh Nazari,et al."Financial, Economic, and Environmental Analyses of Upgrading Reverse Osmosis Plant Fed with Treated Wastewater".ENERGIES 16.7(2023).