Imperial College London
Alternate

Professor Nilay Shah OBE FREng

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Professor of Process Systems Engineering
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6621n.shah

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Jessica Baldock +44 (0)20 7594 5699

 
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Location

 

ACEX 522ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Guo:2020:10.1016/j.energy.2020.117196,
author = {Guo, M and van, Dam KH and Touhami, NO and Nguyen, R and Delval, F and Jamieson, C and Shah, N},
doi = {10.1016/j.energy.2020.117196},
journal = {Energy},
pages = {1--12},
title = {Multi-level system modelling of the resource-food-bioenergy nexus in the global south},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117196},
volume = {197},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - To meet the demands for resources, food and energy, especially in fast developing countries in the Global South, new infrastructure investments, technologies and supply chains are required. It is essential to manage a transition that minimises the impacts on global environmental degradation while benefits local socio-economic development. Food-bioenergy integration optimising natural capital resources and considering wider environmental and socio-economic sustainability offers a way forward. This study presents an integrative approach enabling whole systems modelling to address the interlinkage and interaction of resource-food-bioenergy systems and optimise supply chains considering poly-centric decision spaces. Life cycle sustainability assessment, optimisation, agent-based modelling and simulation were coupled to build an integrated systems modelling framework applicable to the resource-food-bioenergy nexus. The model building blocks are described before their applications in three case studies addressing agricultural residues and macro-fungi in the Philippines, sugar cane biorefineries in South Africa, and Nipa palm biofuel in Thailand. Our case studies revealed the great potential of untapped biomass including agricultural waste and non-food biomass grown on marginal lands. Two value chain integration case studies – i.e. straw-fungi-energy in Philippines and sugar-energy in Africa – have been suggested as sustainable solutions to recover waste as value-added products to meet food and energy security. Case studies highlight how an integrative modelling framework can be applied to address multi-level questions, taking into account decision-making at different levels, which contribute to an overall sustainability goal.
AU  - Guo,M
AU  - van,Dam KH
AU  - Touhami,NO
AU  - Nguyen,R
AU  - Delval,F
AU  - Jamieson,C
AU  - Shah,N
DO  - 10.1016/j.energy.2020.117196
EP  - 12
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0360-5442
SP  - 1
TI  - Multi-level system modelling of the resource-food-bioenergy nexus in the global south
T2  - Energy
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117196
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544220303030?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77007
VL  - 197
ER  -
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