Start Date
25-9-2023 3:45 PM
End Date
25-9-2023 5:00 PM
Access Type
Open Access
Abstract
Food supply chains have become increasingly complex and characterized by large distances between production and consumption. The first part of this talk will describe an optimization based-model to track the US beef supply chain with a focus on quantifying virtual water and nitrogen impacts. The second part of this presentation will discuss a novel AnMBR (anaerobic membrane bioreactor) platform for resource recovery from animal wastewater streams. Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of the AnMBR platform will be discussed with implications for circular economy.
Biography
Dr. Khanna received his PhD and MS from the Ohio State University, both in Chemical Engineering. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of sustainability science and engineering, life cycle assessment of emerging technologies, and modeling of complex systems. His group develops systems-level methods for understanding the environmental sustainability of natural and engineered systems. Current applications include food-energy-water systems, ecosystem goods and services, circular economy, and resource recovery systems.
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Virtual Impacts of Food Consumption and Opportunities for Closing Resource Loops
Food supply chains have become increasingly complex and characterized by large distances between production and consumption. The first part of this talk will describe an optimization based-model to track the US beef supply chain with a focus on quantifying virtual water and nitrogen impacts. The second part of this presentation will discuss a novel AnMBR (anaerobic membrane bioreactor) platform for resource recovery from animal wastewater streams. Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of the AnMBR platform will be discussed with implications for circular economy.