Scientific Results

This catalogue is obtained by conducting a systematic literature review of scientific studies and reviews related to monitoring, forecasting, and simulating the inland water cycle. The analysis maps scientific expertise across research groups and classifies findings by the type of inland water studied, application focus, and geographical scope. A gap analysis will identify missing research areas and assess their relevance to policymaking.

ID â–Č Type Year Authors Title Venue/Journal DOI Research type Water System Technical Focus Abstract Link with Projects Link with Tools Related policies ID
publications-271 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2013 Pawelzik, P.; Carus, M.; Hotchkiss, J.; Narayan, R.; Wellisch, M.; Selke, S.; Weiss, M.; Wicke, B.; Patel, M Critical aspects in the life cycle assessment (LCA) of bio-based materials – Reviewing methodologies and deriving recommendations 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.02.006 Hydrological modeling Groundwater No abstract available 227078
publications-272 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2012 Richard Wood, Edgar Hertwich Economic modelling and indicators in life cycle sustainability assessment 10.1007/s11367-012-0463-2 Simulation & Modeling Groundwater No abstract available 227078
publications-273 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2012 Roes L, M.K Patel, E Worrell, C Ludwig Preliminary assessment of the risks related to the waste management of polymer nanocomposites 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.030 Simulation & Modeling Groundwater No abstract available 227078
publications-274 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2013 Talens Peiro, L., G. Villalba, Ayres, R Material Flow Analysis of Scarce Metals: Sources, Functions, End-Uses and Aspects for Future Supply 10.1021/es301519c IoT & Sensors River Basins No abstract available 227078
publications-275 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2012 De Schryver AM, Humbert S, Huijbregts MAJ The influence of value choices in life cycle impact assessment of stressors causing human health damage 10.1007/s11367-012-0504-x Uncategorized Uncategorized No abstract available 227078
publications-276 2013 Talens Perio, L, Villalba G., Ayres, R Lithium: sources, production, uses and recovery outlook 10.1007/s11837-013-0666-4 Uncategorized Uncategorized No abstract available 227078
publications-277 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2013 Van Zelm R and Huijbregts MAJ Quantifying the trade-off between statistical parameter and model structure uncertainty in life cycle impact assessment 10.1021/es305107s Uncategorized Uncategorized No abstract available 227078
publications-278 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2013 Robert U. Ayres and Laura Talens Peiró Material efficiency: rare and critical metals 10.1098/rsta.2011.0563 Uncategorized Uncategorized In the last few decades, progress in electronics, especially, has resulted in important new uses for a number of geologically rare metals, some of which were mere curiosities in the past. Most of them are not mined for their own sake (gold, the platinum group metals and the rare Earth elements are exceptions) but are found mainly in the ores of the major industrial metals, such as aluminium, copper, zinc and nickel. We call these major metals ‘attractors’ and the rare accompanying metals ‘hitch-hikers’. The key implication is that rising prices do not necessarily call forth greater output because that would normally require greater output of the attractor metal. We trace the geological relationships and the functional uses of these metals. Some of these metals appear to be irreplaceable in the sense that there are no known substitutes for them in their current functional uses. Recycling is going to be increasingly important, notwithstanding a number of barriers. 227078
publications-279 PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE 2013 Alvarenga RAF, Dewulf J, De Meester S, Wathelet A, Villers J, Thommeret R, et al Life cycle assessment of bioethanol-based PVC. Part 1: Attributional approach 10.1002/bbb.1405 Simulation & Modeling Groundwater AbstractLiterature suggests that depletion of non‐renewable resources is the most concerning environmental impact category in the life cycle of the polyvinyl chloride (PVC), mainly due to the fossil feedstock for ethylene. Therefore, bioethanol is considered as another source for ethylene in the PVC production chain. The objective of this review was to perform a cradle‐to‐gate attributional life cycle assessment (LCA) of bioethanol‐based PVC resin. We created two scenarios for bioethanol‐based PVC (2010 and 2018), and compared them with fossil‐based PVC. We used primary data from Solvay S.A. and secondary data from the literature, for the life cycle inventory. For the impact assessment, we used several midpoint indicators and the ReCiPe Endpoint H/A. At midpoint level, bioethanol‐based PVC from 2010 and 2018 presented better results than fossil‐based PVC for non‐renewable resource use (13.8, 13.4, and 44.8 MJex/kg of PVC resin, respectively) and climate change (−0.09, –0.19, and 1.52 kg CO2eq/kg of PVC resin, respectively), but worse results for other environmental impact categories (e.g. ecotoxicity). At endpoint level, the two bioethanol‐based PVC scenarios showed better results overall than fossil‐based PVC (up to 66% lower). Within the bioethanol‐based PVC scenarios, the results for 2018 were better than for 2010 (up to 43% lower for the endpoint single score results) corroborating that higher efficiency (at the crop field and bioethanol production) and reduction of burnt harvest ought to reduce environmental impacts. Even though bioethanol‐based PVC had better results in comparison to fossil‐based, improvements should be sought to minimize other environmental impact categories, for example, biodiversity and ecotoxicity. © 2013 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 227078
publications-280 De Meester, S., Callewaert, C., Van Langenhove, H., Dewulf, J Allocation in multi-output biorefineries: making choices or dealing with decision rule variation? Uncategorized Uncategorized No abstract available 227078