Research statement
Research statement
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The focus of my research is directed to explore the possibilities of applying a circular model of production and consumption of critical materials, specially those of non-renewable nature, to reduce the dependency of their limited reserves, mitigate the negative environmental impacts of their extraction, and improve the resiliency of the systems where these materials are essential.
The focus of my research is directed to explore the possibilities of applying a circular model of production and consumption of critical materials, specially those of non-renewable nature, to reduce the dependency of their limited reserves, mitigate the negative environmental impacts of their extraction, and improve the resiliency of the systems where these materials are essential.
In this regard, I have conducted studies about the design, evaluation, and selection of resource recovery processes; and the development of circular supply chains for agricultural waste management, and resource recovery. Particularly, I have address the circular utilization and recovery of phosphorus to restore nutrient circularity addressing three key dimensions for the development of a circular economy for phosphorus and nitrogen, i.e., I) techno-economic studies to select the most suitable processes for nutrient recovery at livestock facilities, II) environmental assessments to study the potential for the mitigation of nutrient pollution by deploying the processes previously selected at subbasin spatial resolution, and III) the design and evaluation of incentive policies to promote the deployment of nutrient recovery processes, including the fair allocation of monetary resources when budget is limited by applying game theory concepts, particularly the Nash allocation scheme.
In this regard, I have conducted studies about the design, evaluation, and selection of resource recovery processes; and the development of circular supply chains for agricultural waste management, and resource recovery. Particularly, I have address the circular utilization and recovery of phosphorus to restore nutrient circularity addressing three key dimensions for the development of a circular economy for phosphorus and nitrogen, i.e., I) techno-economic studies to select the most suitable processes for nutrient recovery at livestock facilities, II) environmental assessments to study the potential for the mitigation of nutrient pollution by deploying the processes previously selected at subbasin spatial resolution, and III) the design and evaluation of incentive policies to promote the deployment of nutrient recovery processes, including the fair allocation of monetary resources when budget is limited by applying game theory concepts, particularly the Nash allocation scheme.
I also addressed other perspectives of resource recovery from agricultural wastes, particularly the design of optimal supply chains for the treatment of livestock waste and the recovery of phosphorus capturing the trade-offs between the transportation costs of the different materials (wastes and recovered products) from and to the locations where the recovery processes are installed, recovery efficiency of different technologies, investment and operational costs, the revenue collected from different recovered products, and environmental impacts, assessing the impact of different market process, remediation costs, and recovery efficiencies. This approach was further extended to the processing of a wide range of organic wastes and the recovery of multiple products, including platform chemicals and renewable energy.
I also addressed other perspectives of resource recovery from agricultural wastes, particularly the design of optimal supply chains for the treatment of livestock waste and the recovery of phosphorus capturing the trade-offs between the transportation costs of the different materials (wastes and recovered products) from and to the locations where the recovery processes are installed, recovery efficiency of different technologies, investment and operational costs, the revenue collected from different recovered products, and environmental impacts, assessing the impact of different market process, remediation costs, and recovery efficiencies. This approach was further extended to the processing of a wide range of organic wastes and the recovery of multiple products, including platform chemicals and renewable energy.
More recently, I have worked in a project appointed by Environment Canada and Climate Change Canada and directed by Pollution Probe for the quantification of the anthropogenic phosphorus flows in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia, aiming to identify the main hotspots for the recovery and further re-use of this element. The study for the province of Ontario is finished, resulting in the publication of a technical report.
Publications
Publications
Technical reports
Pollution Probe. Mapping Phosphorus Flows in the Ontario Economy. Exploring Nutrient Recovery and Reuse Opportunities in a Provincial Context. 2022
Peer-reviewed articles
Manoukian, L., Martín-Hernández, Edgar, Metson, G., Vaneeckhaute, C., Frigon, D. & Omelon, S. Forging a cohesive path: Integrating life cycle assessments of primary-origin phosphorus fertilizer production and secondary-origin recovery from municipal wastewater. Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Accepted).
Schlederer, F., Martín-Hernández, Edgar & Vaneeckhaute, C. Micropollutants in biochar produced from sewage sludge: A review on the impact of pyrolysis process conditions. Waste Management (Accepted).
Martín-Hernández, Edgar, Hernandez, J. A. G., Gangapersad, S., Zhao, T., Omelon, S., Brouwer, R. & Vaneeckhaute, C. Multi-sectorial assessment of phosphorus in Ontario, Canada: Mapping flows and analysis of the potential for recovery and reuse. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 197, 107108 (2023).
Martín-Hernández, Edgar, Montero-Rueda, C., Ruiz-Mercado, G. J., Vaneeckhaute, C. & Martín, M. Multi-scale techno-economic assessment of nitrogen recovery systems for livestock operations. Sustainable Production and Consumption (2023).
Hu, Y., Zhang, W., Tominac, P., Shen, M., Gorëke, D., Martín-Hernández, Edgar, Martín, M., Ruiz-Mercado, G. J. & Zavala, V. M. ADAM: A web platform for graph-based modeling and optimization of supply chains. Computers & chemical engineering 165, 107911 (2022).
Martín-Hernández, E., Hu, Y., Zavala, V., Martín, M. & Ruiz-Mercado, G. Analysis of incentive policies for phosphorus recovery at livestock facilities in the Great Lakes area. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 177, 105973 (2022).
Martín-Hernández, Edgar, Taifouris, M. & Martín, M. Addressing the contribution of agricultural systems to the phosphorus pollution challenge: a multi-dimensional perspective. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 66 (2022).
Martín-Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Ruiz-Mercado, G. A geospatial environmental and techno-economic framework for sustainable phosphorus management at livestock facilities. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 175, 105843 (2021).
Mohammadi, M., Martín Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Harjunkoski, I. Modeling and analysis of organic waste management systems in centralized and decentralized supply chains using generalized disjunctive programming. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 60, 1719–1745 (2021).
Roldán-San Antonio, J. E., Martín Hernández, E., Briones, R. & Martín, M. Process design and scale up study for the production of polyol based biopolymer from sawdust. Chilean forestry industry as a case study. Sustainable Production and Consumption 27, 462–470 (2021).
Martín-Hernández, E., Ruiz-Mercado, G. J. & Martín, M. Model-driven spatial evaluation of nutrient recovery from livestock leachate for struvite production. Journal of Environmental Management 271, 110967 (2020).
Martín-Hernández, E., Guerras, L. S. & Martín, M. Optimal technology selection for the biogas upgrading to biomethane. Journal of Cleaner Production, 122032 (2020).
Ramírez-Márquez, C., Martín-Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Segovia-Hernández, J. G. Surrogate based optimization of a process of polycrystalline silicon production. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 106870 (2020).
Ramírez-Márquez, C., Martín Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Segovia-Hernandez, J. G. Optimal Portfolio of Products in a Polycrystalline Silicon Refinery. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2020).
Martín-Hernández, E., Sampat, A., Zavala, V. & Martín, M. Optimal integrated facility for waste processing. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 131, 160–182 (2018).
Sampat, A. M., Martín-Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Zavala, V. M. Technologies and logistics for phosphorus recovery from livestock waste. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 20, 1563–1579 (2018).
Sampat, A., Martín-Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Zavala, V. Optimization formulations for multi-product supply chain networks. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 104, 296–310 (2017).
Book chapters
Martín-Hernández, E. & Martín, M. in Sustainable Design for Renewable Processes (ed Martín, M.) chap. 6 (Elsevier, 2022).
Martín-Hernández, E., Sampat, A., Martin, M., Zavala, V. & Ruiz-Mercado, G. in Advances in Carbon Management Technologies 186–207 (CRC Press, 2021).
Martín-Hernández, E. & Martín, M. in Introduction to Software for Chemical Engineers, Second Edition (ed Martín, M.) chap. 6 (CRC Press, 2020).
Conference presentations
Martín-Hernández, E., Vaneeckhaute, C. & Ruiz-Mercado, G. Socio-economic criteria for preventing and controlling phosphorus pollution from municipal wastewater effluents in (6th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment, 2023).
Martín-Hernández, E., Appiah, G., Walling, E., Leblond, J., Boivin, S. & Vaneeckhaute, C. Multi-scale techno-economic assessment of processes for the stabilization of digestate in (11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 2023).
Martín-Hernández, E., Vaneeckhaute, C. & Ruiz-Mercado, G. Socio-economic solutions in local communities for preventing and controlling phosphorus releases from municipal wastewater in (11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 2023).
Martín-Hernández, E., . Garcia Hernandez, J., Gangapersad, S., Tian, Z., Omelon, S., Brouwer, R. & Vaneeckhaute, C. Quantifying and Mapping P-Flows in the Economy of Ontario, Canada in (7th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit, 2022).
Hernández, B., Sánchez, A., Martín-Hernández, E., Taifouris, M., Galán, G., Prieto, C. & Martín, M. Virtual lab for industrial chemistry processes in (VI Congreso de Innovación Docente en Ingeniería Química, 2022).
Martín-Hernández, E., Ruiz-Mercado, G. & Martín, M. Nutrient Circularity to Abate Nitrogen Pollution: Techno-Economic Assessment of Nitrogen Recovery Systems for Livestock Facilities in (2021 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 2021).
Martín-Hernández, E., Roldán-San Antonio, J. E., Briones, R. & Martín, M. Process Design and Scale-up Study for the Production of Polyol-Based Biopolymers from Sawdust in (2021 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 2021).
Montero-Rueda, C., Martín-Hernández, Edgar & Martín, M. Techno-economic evaluation of nitrogen recovery processes in intensive livestock facilities. in ( VII Jornadas de investigadoras de Castilla y León, 2021).
Martín-Hernández, E., Hu, Y., Martín, M., Zavala, V. & Ruiz-Mercado, G. Optimal Selection and Location of Nutrient Recovery Systems Considering Standalone and Coordinated Strategies in (2020 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 2020).
Ramírez-Márquez, C., Martín-Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Segovia-Hernández, J. Optimal Portfolio of Products in a Polycrystalline Silicon Refinery in (2020 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 2020).
Martín-Hernández, E. & Martín, M. Optimal Allocation of Nitrogen Recovery Systems for Intensive Pig Farming in (2020 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 2020).
Martín-Hernández, E., Guerras, L. S. & Martín, M. Superstructure Optimization Approach for the Optimization of Biogas Upgrading into Biomethane in (2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, Unites States, 2019).
Martín-Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Ruiz-Mercado, G. J. A Decision-Making Tool for the Design and Evaluation of Waste Management Systems in Livestock Facilities in (2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, Unites States, 2019).
Martín-Hernández, E., Sampat, A. M., Martín, M., Zavala, V. M. & Ruiz-Mercado, G. J. Nutrient Pollution Prevention by Implementing Nutrient Recovery Technologies in Livestock Facilities in (2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, Unites States, 2019).
Martín-Hernández, E., Ruiz-Mercado, G. J. & Martín, M. A Thermodynamic Feasibility Evaluation Model for the Efficient Struvite Production from LivestockWaste in (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 47, 445-450, 2019).
Martín-Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Ruiz-Mercado, G. J. Resilience of aquatic ecosystems in farming areas: Implementing nutrient recovery systems in concentrated animal feeding operations in (2019 Enterprise and Infrastructure Resilience Workshop, Cincinnati, Ohio, Unites States, 2019).
Sampat, A., Martín-Hernández, E., Martín, M. & Zavala, V. Organic Waste Management: Modeling and Decision-Making Strategies in (2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Unites States, 2017).
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Peer review service
Awards
Top Reviewer Award 2022 from the scientific journal "Waste Management"
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Waste Management
Environmental Pollution
Chemical Engineering Journal
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Renewable Energy
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BMC Chemical Engineering
Journal of Environmental Quality
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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