caa a22 4500 60616944X CHVBK 20210128100712.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-015-0921-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-015-0921-1 A new graphical representation of water footprint pinch analysis for chemical processes [Elektronische Daten] [Xiaoping Jia, Zhiwei Li, Fang Wang, Dominic Foo, Yu Qian] Water resource conservation and wastewater minimization are important strategies for the chemical industry. In this work, a graphical technique established for carbon footprint reduction is extended for the analysis of water footprint reduction. Similar to its original variant, this extended water footprint pinch analysis technique is based on the decomposition of total water footprint into external and internal footprint components. A case study on coal-to-methanol process is used to illustrate the proposed technique. Results show that water is mainly consumed in the utility processes and it is possible to achieve a goal for water saving of 16%. Several practical water saving measurements are suggested to achieve the water reduction target. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Water footprint nationallicence Pinch analysis nationallicence Process integration nationallicence Coal-to-methanol process nationallicence Jia Xiaoping School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, China aut Li Zhiwei School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, China aut Wang Fang School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, China aut Foo Dominic Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering/Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Broga Road, 43500, Selangor, Semenyih, Malaysia aut Qian Yu School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, 510640, Guangzhou, China aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/7(2015-10-01), 1987-1995 1618-954X 17:7<1987 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-0921-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-0921-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jia Xiaoping School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Zhiwei School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Fang School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, 266042, Qingdao, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foo Dominic Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering/Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Broga Road, 43500, Selangor, Semenyih, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Qian Yu School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, 510640, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/7(2015-10-01), 1987-1995 1618-954X 17:7<1987 2015 17 10098