Approaches for the evaluation of future-oriented technologies and concepts in the field of water reuse and desalination

verfasst von

Kristina Wencki, Verena Thöne, Angela Ante, Tobias Hogen, Claudia Hohmann, Felix Tettenborn, Dagmar Pohl, Philipp Preiss, Christina Jungfer

Abstract

Against the background of drastically rising global water demand and increasing pollution and overexploitation of regional water resources, the demand-driven water supply of households and industry is of central importance. Water reuse and desalination are seen as key technologies to overcome potential regional and local water shortage. In the joint projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) ‘Future-oriented Technologies and Concepts to Increase Water Availability by Water Reuse and Desalination (WavE)’, evaluation approaches for analysing innovative technologies and concepts are being developed and assessed. All evaluation methods and criteria used were selected based on the decision situation at hand and the decisionmakers preferences. Based on the analysis of six multi-criteria evaluation concepts used in selected WavE projects, this paper presents a general approach for comparative multi-criteria evaluation of water reuse systems consisting of prerequisites, minimum requirements, evaluation criteria (qualitative, semi-quantitative or quantitative) and a final aggregation of results. Exemplary sets of criteria for the application in a more industrial, municipal and/or international context are presented as an aid for the application of holistic evaluation approaches for (process) concept and technology selection in the context of water reuse and desalination.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Siedlungswasserwirtschaft und Abfalltechnik

Externe Organisation(en)

IWW Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wasserforschung gemeinnützige GmbH
SMS group GmbH
Technische Universität Berlin
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung (ISI)
Hochschule Pforzheim - Gestaltung, Technik, Wirtschaft und Recht
DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination

Band

10

Seiten

269-283

Anzahl der Seiten

15

ISSN

2220-1319

Publikationsdatum

31.08.2020

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Gewässerkunde und -technologie, Filtration und Separation

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 11 – Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinschaften, SDG 6 – Sauberes Wasser und sanitäre Einrichtungen, SDG 9 – Industrie, Innovation und Infrastruktur

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2020.022 (Zugang: Offen)