Critical Mineral Separations: Opportunities for Membrane Materials and Processes to Advance Sustainable Economies and Secure Supplies

L Lair, JA Ouimet, M Dougher… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Sustainable energy solutions and electrification are driving increased demand for critical
minerals. Unfortunately, current mineral processing techniques are resource intensive, use …

Sustainable assessment of Water-Energy-Food Nexus at regional level through a multi-stakeholder optimization approach

B Cansino-Loeza, JM Ponce-Ortega - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Security of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus has become a global concern,
threatened by the rapid urbanization, unsustainable consumption of resources, population …

[HTML][HTML] Data science-enabled molecular-to-systems engineering for sustainable water treatment

EA Eugene, WA Phillip, AW Dowling - Current Opinion in Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Growing social and economic pressures demand technological innovations that enable the
widespread usage of unconventional sources of water. These challenges motivate the …

Fuzzy cognitive map-based modeling of social acceptance to overcome uncertainties in establishing waste biorefinery facilities

K Kokkinos, E Lakioti, E Papageorgiou… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Sustainable Waste Biorefinery Facilities (WBFs) represent multifactorial systems that
necessitate the organization, cooperation and the acceptance of different social …

Machine learning directed optimization of classical molecular modeling force fields

BJ Befort, RS DeFever, GM Tow… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Accurate force fields are necessary for predictive molecular simulations. However,
develo** force fields that accurately reproduce experimental properties is challenging …

Resource recovery from waste streams in a water-energy-food nexus perspective: Toward more sustainable food processing

IA Udugama, LAH Petersen, FC Falco… - Food and Bioproducts …, 2020 - Elsevier
The recovery of resources from waste streams including food production plants can improve
the overall sustainability of such processes from both economic and environmental points of …

Multi-stakeholder's sustainable requirement analysis for smart manufacturing systems based on the stakeholder value network approach

Y Qu, Y Wang, X Ming, X Chu - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable development is of great significance to all Smart Manufacturing Systems
(SMSs). Complex multi-stakeholder requirements influence the design and implementation …

A comprehensive policy framework for unlocking the potential of water hyacinth in Ethiopia's circular bioeconomy

DT Nega, VR Ancha, F Manenti, Z Adeel - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
The invasive water hyacinth (WH), Eichhornia crassipes, poses a severe environmental and
economic threat to Ethiopian water bodies, particularly in the Rift Valley water bodies and …

Machine learning-enabled development of accurate force fields for refrigerants

N Wang, MN Carlozo, E Marin-Rimoldi… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants with zero ozone-depleting potential have replaced
chlorofluorocarbons and are now ubiquitous. However, some HFCs have high global …

Optimal diafiltration membrane cascades enable green recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries

NP Wamble, EA Eugene, WA Phillip… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Novel processes are urgently needed to recycle critical materials (eg, cobalt, lithium, nickel,
and manganese) from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). These separations are vital both to …