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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2021Publisher:MDPI AG Authors: Asif Ali;Tahir Iqbal;
Tahir Iqbal
Tahir Iqbal in OpenAIREMuhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema;
Arslan Afzal; +4 AuthorsMuhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema
Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema in OpenAIREAsif Ali;Tahir Iqbal;
Tahir Iqbal
Tahir Iqbal in OpenAIREMuhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema;
Arslan Afzal; Muhammad Yasin;Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema
Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema in OpenAIREZia ul Haq;
Zia ul Haq
Zia ul Haq in OpenAIREArshad Mahmood Malik;
Khalid Saifullah Khan;Arshad Mahmood Malik
Arshad Mahmood Malik in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/su13095152
The energy crisis and increasing fossil fuel prices due to increasing demands, controlled supplies, and global political unrest have adversely affected agricultural productivity and farm profitability across the globe and Pakistan is not an exception. To cope with this issue of energy deficiency in agriculture, the best alternate strategy is to take advantage of biomass and solid waste potential. In low-income countries such as Pakistan, the greenhouse heating system mostly relies on fossil fuels such as diesel, gasoline, and LPG. Farmers are reluctant to adopt greenhouse farming due to the continuously rising prices of the fossil fuels. To reduce reliance on fossil fuel energy, the objective of this study was to utilize biomass from crop residues to develop an efficient and economical biomass furnace that could heat greenhouses to protect the crop from seasonal temperature effects. Modifications made to the biomass furnace, such as the incorporation of insulation around the walls of the furnace, providing turbulators in fire tubes, and a secondary heat exchanger (heat recovery system) in the chimney, have increased the thermal efficiency of the biomass furnace by about 21.7%. A drastic reduction in hazardous elements of flue gases was observed due to the addition of a water scrubber smoke filter in the exit line of the flue. The efficiency of the biomass furnace ranged from 50.42% to 54.18%, whereas the heating efficiency of the diesel-fired heater was 71.19%. On the basis of the equal heating value of the fuels, the unit material and operating costs of the biomass furnace for wood, cotton stalks, corn cobs, and cow dung were USD 2.04, 1.86, 1.78, and 2.00 respectively against USD 4.67/h for the diesel heater. The capital and operating costs of the biomass furnace were about 50% and 43.7% of the diesel heater respectively, resulting in a seasonal saving of about 1573 USD. The produced smoke was tested as environmental friendly under the prescribed limits of the National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS), which shows potential for its large-scale adoption and wider applications.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2017Publisher:MDPI AG Authors:Ville Uusitalo;
Ville Uusitalo
Ville Uusitalo in OpenAIRESuvi Konsti-Laakso;
Sanna Pekkola; Maija Leino; +1 AuthorsSuvi Konsti-Laakso
Suvi Konsti-Laakso in OpenAIREVille Uusitalo;
Ville Uusitalo
Ville Uusitalo in OpenAIRESuvi Konsti-Laakso;
Sanna Pekkola; Maija Leino; Anna Claudelin;Suvi Konsti-Laakso
Suvi Konsti-Laakso in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/su9060958
Improvements in energy efficiency and production of renewable energy hold significant potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions of housing, which accounts for 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions. In our research, we focused on the willingness of owners of detached houses to adopt renewable energy production systems of their own, and we examined perceived barriers to adopting these systems. The research was conducted using a survey and a life cycle assessment model. The survey covered three residential areas in Lahti, Finland, and the potential reductions in greenhouse gas emissions were estimated using a life cycle assessment model based on the survey results. The barriers to transformation were identified as a lack of knowledge in the following three areas: (1) the possible annual savings attained; (2) the costs of implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy production solutions; and (3) the technologies used in renewable energy production. The greenhouse gas emission reductions in the residential areas surveyed would amount to approximately 15% if the consumers implemented the solutions they considered.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2021 ItalyPublisher:MDPI AG Authors:Nabi, Brera Ghulam;
Nabi, Brera Ghulam
Nabi, Brera Ghulam in OpenAIREMukhtar, Kinza;
Arshad, Rai Naveed;Mukhtar, Kinza
Mukhtar, Kinza in OpenAIRERadicetti, Emanuele;
+6 AuthorsRadicetti, Emanuele
Radicetti, Emanuele in OpenAIRENabi, Brera Ghulam;
Nabi, Brera Ghulam
Nabi, Brera Ghulam in OpenAIREMukhtar, Kinza;
Arshad, Rai Naveed;Mukhtar, Kinza
Mukhtar, Kinza in OpenAIRERadicetti, Emanuele;
Tedeschi, Paola;Radicetti, Emanuele
Radicetti, Emanuele in OpenAIREShahbaz, Muhammad Umar;
Shahbaz, Muhammad Umar
Shahbaz, Muhammad Umar in OpenAIREWalayat, Noman;
Walayat, Noman
Walayat, Noman in OpenAIRENawaz, Asad;
Inam-Ur-Raheem, Muhammad;Nawaz, Asad
Nawaz, Asad in OpenAIREAadil, Rana Muhammad;
Aadil, Rana Muhammad
Aadil, Rana Muhammad in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/su132413908
handle: 11392/2470313
Sustainable food supply has gained considerable consumer concern due to the high percentage of spoilage microorganisms. Food industries need to expand advanced technologies that can maintain the nutritive content of foods, enhance the bio-availability of bioactive compounds, provide environmental and economic sustainability, and fulfill consumers’ requirements of sensory characteristics. Heat treatment negatively affects food samples’ nutritional and sensory properties as bioactives are sensitive to high-temperature processing. The need arises for non-thermal processes to reduce food losses, and sustainable developments in preservation, nutritional security, and food safety are crucial parameters for the upcoming era. Non-thermal processes have been successfully approved because they increase food quality, reduce water utilization, decrease emissions, improve energy efficiency, assure clean labeling, and utilize by-products from waste food. These processes include pulsed electric field (PEF), sonication, high-pressure processing (HPP), cold plasma, and pulsed light. This review describes the use of HPP in various processes for sustainable food processing. The influence of this technique on microbial, physicochemical, and nutritional properties of foods for sustainable food supply is discussed. This approach also emphasizes the limitations of this emerging technique. HPP has been successfully analyzed to meet the global requirements. A limited global food source must have a balanced approach to the raw content, water, energy, and nutrient content. HPP showed positive results in reducing microbial spoilage and, at the same time, retains the nutritional value. HPP technology meets the essential requirements for sustainable and clean labeled food production. It requires limited resources to produce nutritionally suitable foods for consumers’ health.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 2022Publisher:MDPI AG Authors: Misbah Sattar; Fawad Azeem;Zulfiqar Memon;
Zulfiqar Memon
Zulfiqar Memon in OpenAIREHasan Zidan;
+1 AuthorsHasan Zidan
Hasan Zidan in OpenAIREMisbah Sattar; Fawad Azeem;Zulfiqar Memon;
Zulfiqar Memon
Zulfiqar Memon in OpenAIREHasan Zidan;
Hasan Zidan
Hasan Zidan in OpenAIRESobia Baig;
Sobia Baig
Sobia Baig in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/su142215417
Water canal networks that are widely used for irrigation are an equally good source of micropower generation to be fed to the nearby areas. A practical example of such a system is the micro-hydro generation at Renala Khurd Pakistan integrated with the national grid known as hydro–grid configuration. Apart from the rare Renala Khurd hydro generation example, solar photovoltaic generation integrated with a mainstream network, i.e., solar PV-Grid configuration, is widely used. The integrated operation of combinations of primary distributed generation sources has different operational attributes in terms of economics and reliability that are needed to be quantified before installation. So far, various combinations of primary distributed generation sources have been simulated and their accumulative impact on project economics and reliability have been reported. A detailed economic and reliability assessment of various configurations is needed for sustainable and cost-effective configuration selection. This study proposes a trigeneration combination of solar–hydro–grid with an optimal sizing scheme to reduce the solar system sizing and grid operational cost. A genetic algorithm based optimal sizing formulation is developed using fixed hydro and variable solar and grid systems with a number of pre-defined constraints. The hydro–grid, solar–grid, and grid–hydro–solar configurations are simulated in HOMER Pro software to analyze the economic impact, and to undertake reliability assessments under various configurations of the project. Finally, optimal values of the genetic algorithm are provided to the HOMER Pro software search space for simulating the grid–hydro–solar configuration. It was revealed that the net present cost (NPC) of hydro-to-grid configuration was 23% lower than the grid–hydro–solar configuration, whereas the NPC of grid–hydro–solar without optimal sizing was 40% lower than the solar–grid configuration, and the NPC of grid–solar–hydro with the genetic algorithm was 36% lower than the hydro–grid configuration, 50.90% lower than solar–grid–hydro without the genetic algorithm, and 17.1% lower than the grid–solar configuration, thus proving utilization of trigeneration sources integration to be a feasible solution for areas where canal hydropower is available.
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Agriculture is the largest sector of Pakistan’s economy, contributing almost 22% to the GDP and employing almost 45% of the total labor force. The two largest food crops, wheat and rice, contribute 3.1% and 1.4% to the GDP, respectively. The objective of this research was to calculate the energy return on investment (EROI) of these crops on a national scale from 1999 to 2009 to understand the size of various energy inputs and to discuss their contributions to the energy output. Energy inputs accounted for within the cropping systems included seed, fertilizer, pesticide, human labor, tractor diesel, irrigation pump electricity and diesel, the transport of fertilizer and pesticide, and the embodied energy of tractors and irrigation pumps. The largest per-hectare energy inputs to wheat were nitrogen fertilizer (52.6%), seed (17.9%), and tractor diesel (9.1%). For rice, the largest per-hectare energy inputs were nitrogen fertilizer (32%), tube well diesel (19.8%), and pesticide (17.6%). The EROI of wheat showed a gradual downward trend between 2000 and 2006 of 21.3%. The trend was erratic thereafter. Overall, it ranged from 2.7 to 3.4 with an average of 2.9 over the 11-year study period. The overall trend was fairly consistent compared to that of rice which ranged between 3.1 and 4.9, and averaged 3.9. Rice’s EROI dipped sharply in 2002, was erratic, and remained below four until 2007. It rose sharply after that. As energy inputs increased, wheat outputs increased, but rice outputs decreased slightly. Rice responded to inputs with greater output and an increase in EROI. The same was not true for wheat, which showed little change in EROI in the face of increasing inputs. This suggests that additional investments of energy in rice production are not improving yields but for wheat, these investments are still generating benefits. The analysis shows quantitatively how fossil energy is a key driver of the Pakistani agricultural system as it traces direct and indirect energy inputs to two major food crops.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2021Publisher:MDPI AG Authors: Tzai-Chiao Lee;Muhammad Khalid Anser;
Muhammad Khalid Anser
Muhammad Khalid Anser in OpenAIREAbdelmohsen A. Nassani;
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani in OpenAIREMohamed Haffar;
+2 AuthorsMohamed Haffar
Mohamed Haffar in OpenAIRETzai-Chiao Lee;Muhammad Khalid Anser;
Muhammad Khalid Anser
Muhammad Khalid Anser in OpenAIREAbdelmohsen A. Nassani;
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani in OpenAIREMohamed Haffar;
Mohamed Haffar
Mohamed Haffar in OpenAIREKhalid Zaman;
Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Abro;Khalid Zaman
Khalid Zaman in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/su132212475
Management of natural resources is pivotal for sustained economic growth—the increasing ecological footprints causing biocapacity deficit threaten the resource conversation agenda. The study identified the potential causes and consequences of natural resource depletion in a broad cross-section of 138 countries. Ecological footprints, international migrant stocks, industrial value-added, and population growth influenced natural resource capital across countries. The results show that ecological footprints, industrial value-added, and population growth are the detrimental factors of resource capital. In contrast, continued economic growth is helpful to conserve natural resources for future generations. The rise and fall in the natural resource degradation are evident in the wake of international migrants’ stocks to support an inverted U-shaped relationship between them. The Granger causality inferences confirmed the one-way linkages, running from international migrant stocks, economic growth, and population growth to natural resource degradation. It verifies migrants-led, affluence-led, and population-led resource degradation. Ecological footprints Granger causes industrial value-added across countries. The forecasting estimates suggested that economic growth would likely to influenced greater in magnitude to resource degradation by its innovation shocks of 4.791%, followed by international migrant stocks, population growth, ecological footprints, and industrial value added by their innovation shocks of 4.709%, 1.829%, 1.247%, and 0.700%, respectively. The study concludes that international migrant stocks should manage smartly, causing more resource degradation via a channel of increasing biocapacity deficit across countries.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal , Other literature type 2021 FinlandPublisher:MDPI AG Authors: Vildjiounaite, Elena;Kantorovitch, Julia;
Kantorovitch, Julia
Kantorovitch, Julia in OpenAIREKinnula, Atte;
López; +2 AuthorsKinnula, Atte
Kinnula, Atte in OpenAIREVildjiounaite, Elena;Kantorovitch, Julia;
Kantorovitch, Julia
Kantorovitch, Julia in OpenAIREKinnula, Atte;
López;Kinnula, Atte
Kinnula, Atte in OpenAIREMiguel Bordallo;
Miguel Bordallo
Miguel Bordallo in OpenAIREKallio, Johanna;
Kallio, Johanna
Kallio, Johanna in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/su13042003
Modern knowledge work is highly intense and demanding, exposing workers to long-term psychosocial stress. In order to address the problem, stress detection technologies have been developed, enabling the continuous assessment of personal stress based on multimodal sensor data. However, stakeholders lack insights into how employees perceive different monitoring technologies and whether they are willing to share stress-indicative data in order to sustain well-being at the individual, team, and organizational levels in the knowledge work context. To fill this research gap, we developed a theoretical model for knowledge workers’ interest in sharing their stress-indicative data collected with unobtrusive sensors and examined it empirically using structural equation modeling (SEM) with a survey of 181 European knowledge workers. The results did not show statistically significant privacy concerns regarding environmental sensors such as air quality, sound level, and motion sensors. On the other hand, concerns about more privacy-sensitive methods such as tracking personal device usage patterns did not prevent user acceptance nor intent to share data. Overall, knowledge workers were highly interested in employing stress monitoring technologies to measure their stress levels and receive information about their personal well-being. The results validate the willingness to accept the unobtrusive, continuous stress detection in the context of knowledge work.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 2022 FinlandPublisher:MDPI AG Funded by:AKA | Information Resilience in...AKA| Information Resilience in a Wicked Environment (IRWIN)doi: 10.3390/su14073983
The transformation of disaster volunteering has been highlighted in academic literature. This study examined that transformation via a big data approach. The context for the study was provided by a forest fire in Finland, which sparked a debate on volunteering. The data (806 social media messages) were analyzed using qualitative sentiment analysis to (1) identify the sentiments relating to a variety of volunteers and (2) understand the context of and tensions behind those sentiments. The data suggested that the prevailing view of disaster volunteering is a rather traditional one, while the observations on the transformation remain largely latent. The positive sentiments reflected a view of the co-production of extinguishing forest fires as an activity of formal governmental and nonprofit emergency management organizations and volunteers from expanding and extending organizations. Unaffiliated volunteers were seen as extra pairs of hands that could be invited to help in an organized way and with limited tasks, only if required. Sentiments with a more negative tone raised concerns about having sufficient numbers of affiliated volunteers in the future and the rhetorical level of appreciation of them. The data revealed a dichotomous relationship between “professionals” and “amateurs” and the politicization of the debate between different actor groups.
Sustainability arrow_drop_down SustainabilityOther literature type . 2022License: CC BYFull-Text: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/7/3983/pdfData sources: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteOsuva (University of Vaasa)Article . 2022License: CC BYFull-Text: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073983Data sources: Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)add ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 2023Publisher:MDPI AG Authors: Haris Abdullah;Hafiz Umar Farid;
Maira Naeem; Nadeem Zubair; +6 AuthorsHafiz Umar Farid
Hafiz Umar Farid in OpenAIREHaris Abdullah;Hafiz Umar Farid;
Maira Naeem; Nadeem Zubair; Zahid Mahmood Khan; Huzaifa Shahzad; Pervaiz Sikandar; Muhammad Abrar;Hafiz Umar Farid
Hafiz Umar Farid in OpenAIREAamir Shakoor;
Muhammad Mubeen;Aamir Shakoor
Aamir Shakoor in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/su152416782
In recent decades, the fortunes of energy economies have been closely linked in Pakistan. A major energy inefficiency issue was found in Pakistan due to the mismatch between horsepower (HP) requirements and bore depth. Keeping this in view, a total of 194 tubewells were chosen for an energy audit in the Multan region, Pakistan. The Terrameter SAS 4000 was used to measure the accurate demand of the head during the resistivity surveys at all of the selected locations. The results showed that the tubewell sets were installed arbitrarily at high power, irrespective of the provided flow and head, and these pumps used more energy for their flow. The results revealed that the efficiency of the tubewell sets increased from 35 to 54%, from 55 to 80%, from 49 to 80%, and from 48 to 75% for centrifugal pumps with electric motors and diesel engines and for turbines with electric motors and diesel engines, respectively. A weighted overlay analysis indicated that the efficiency of tubewells covering 838.12, 1131.8, and 2077.1 km2 for centrifugal pumps with electric motors, diesel engines, and turbines, respectively, was enhanced for the study area. Similarly, the energy saved for the study area covered 1423.8, 1161.1, and 1131.1 km2, as shown by the overlay analysis. The results revealed that the annual energy saving was found of 3486 kw for 194 tubewells, resulted in the saving of USD 0.204 million in operational costs over one year. The overall results indicate the strong need to adopt proper investigations of the head and power requirements before installing a system in the study area.
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Gaffey, James
Gaffey, James in OpenAIREMcMahon, Helena;
Marsh, Emily;McMahon, Helena
McMahon, Helena in OpenAIREVehmas, Kaisa;
+3 AuthorsVehmas, Kaisa
Vehmas, Kaisa in OpenAIREGaffey, James;
Gaffey, James
Gaffey, James in OpenAIREMcMahon, Helena;
Marsh, Emily;McMahon, Helena
McMahon, Helena in OpenAIREVehmas, Kaisa;
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Vehmas, Kaisa in OpenAIREKymäläinen, Tiina;
Vos; John;Kymäläinen, Tiina
Kymäläinen, Tiina in OpenAIREdoi: 10.3390/su13116062
The bioeconomy can support Europe’s transition to a low-carbon economy and help to meet key international, European and member state sustainability targets through the provision of bio-based products and energy derived from sustainably sourced biomass. A successful implementation of a bio-based economy in Europe will, however, require a profound transformation of our production and consumption patterns. Consumer behavior will play a major role in supporting the successful transition to a bio-based economy. This paper uses a structured quantitative survey approach to gain an understanding of consumer perspectives in relation to bio-based products. Conducted among 18–75-year-old consumers in Ireland and the Netherlands, the study indicates that consumers in both countries have a relatively positive outlook regarding bio-based products, with Irish consumers showing a slightly more positive outlook. The study finds that a larger majority of Irish consumers would prefer buying bio-based products as opposed to fossil-based products, while Irish consumers also have a slightly more positive impression than Dutch consumers that their consumer choices can be beneficial for the environment.
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