Anaerobic digestion: a prime solution for water, energy and food nexus challenges

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dc.contributor.authorHaltas, Ismail
dc.contributor.authorSuckling, James
dc.contributor.authorSoutar, Iain
dc.contributor.authorDruckman, Angela
dc.contributor.authorVarga, Liz
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-21T14:32:29Z
dc.date.available2017-09-21T14:32:29Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-19
dc.description.abstractWe solve the problem of identifying one or more optimal patterns of anaerobic digestion (AD) installation across the UK, by considering existing installations, the current feedstock potential and the project growth of the potential via population, demography and urbanization. We test several scenarios for the level of adoption of the AD operations in the community under varying amounts of feedstock supply, which may arise from change in food waste or energy crops generation via other policies and incentives. For the most resilient scales of solutions, we demonstrate for the UK the net energy production (bio-gas and electricity) from AD (and so the avoided emissions from grid energy), the mass of bio-waste processed (and avoided land-fill), and the quantum of digestate produced (as a proxy for avoided irrigation and fertilizer production). In order to simulate the AD innovation within WEF nexus we use agent based modelling (ABM) owing to its bottom-up approach and capability of modelling complex systems with relatively low level data and information.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationHaltas I, Suckling J, Soutar I, Druckman A, Varga L, Anaerobic digestion: a prime solution for water, energy and food nexus challenges, Energy Procedia, Vol. 123, September 2017, pp. 22-29en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1876-6102
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.280
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/12533
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
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dc.subjectNexusen_UK
dc.subjectWater-energy-fooden_UK
dc.subjectComplexityen_UK
dc.subjectAgent based modelen_UK
dc.subjectCase studyen_UK
dc.subjectGovernanceen_UK
dc.subjectTechnologyen_UK
dc.titleAnaerobic digestion: a prime solution for water, energy and food nexus challengesen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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