Opportunities and challenges in sustainable supply chain: An operations research perspective

AP Barbosa-Póvoa, C da Silva, A Carvalho - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Sustainable Supply Chain have become a cornerstone to any company that seeks
to achieve sustainable goals. A company's image is no longer related to the old paradigm of …

Sustainable energy, water and food nexus systems: A focused review of decision-making tools for efficient resource management and governance

S Namany, T Al-Ansari, R Govindan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid population growth and increased urbanisation have contributed towards increased
pressures on global energy, water and food (EWF) resource systems. Therefore, there is an …

The water-energy-food nexus and process systems engineering: A new focus

DJ Garcia, F You - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
As the global population grows, consumption of water, energy, and food will also increase,
placing stresses on these three sectors, raising the importance of the Water-Energy-Food …

Circular Economy-A challenge and an opportunity for Process Systems Engineering

S Avraamidou, SG Baratsas, Y Tian… - Computers & Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rising populations put huge stresses on natural resources. Extraction and depletion of raw
materials and waste created throughout the supply chain of products have enormous …

Optimization approaches to design water-energy-food nexus: A litterature review

D Peña-Torres, M Boix, L Montastruc - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change and rapid population growth have caused a steady rise in the global
demand of water, energy and food. Various review articles have studied this effect through …

Multi-criteria decision making approaches for green supply chains: A review

A Banasik, JM Bloemhof-Ruwaard… - Flexible Services and …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Designing Green Supply Chains (GSCs) requires complex decision-support models
that can deal with multiple dimensions of sustainability while taking into account specific …

An integrated assessment and prediction approach of water-energy nexus at the provincial scale: A case study of Inner Mongolia, China

J Kang, L Xu, X Ren, C Li, Z Jia, J Li, Y Zhang - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The coordinated development of the regional water-energy nexus is important for the
rational utilization of resources. This study proposed an integrated assessment and …

Food-energy-water-waste nexus systems optimization for New York State under the COVID-19 pandemic to alleviate health and environmental concerns

N Zhao, F You - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This article addresses food-energy-water-waste nexus optimization to alleviate the public
health and environmental concerns from increasing food waste generation during the …

Microalgal biorefineries for bioenergy production: can we move from concept to industrial reality?

MC Deprá, AM dos Santos, IA Severo, AB Santos… - BioEnergy …, 2018 - Springer
Biorefineries are commercial facilities that transform raw materials into commodities of
considerable interest to the world bioeconomy. In addition, biorefineries have the potential to …

Unraveling optimal biomass processing routes from bioconversion product and process networks under uncertainty: an adaptive robust optimization approach

J Gong, DJ Garcia, F You - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A bioconversion product and process network converts different types of biomass to various
fuels and chemicals via a plethora of technologies. Reliable bioconversion processing …