Publication detail
Targeting and Optimisation of Industrial and Urban Symbiosis for Circular Economy
Gai, L. Varbanov, P.S. Chin. H.H. Klemeš, J.J. Nižetic, S.
English title
Targeting and Optimisation of Industrial and Urban Symbiosis for Circular Economy
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Original abstract
One way of simultaneously minimising the use of fresh resources and pollution reduction is the practice of industrial and urban symbiosis, implementing Circular Economy. In the current work, it has been shown that the circularity rate alone is not a sufficient criterion to achieve resource and footprint minimisation. It is necessary to evaluate the cost and the footprints in a combined way. The formulated conceptual model allows the evaluation of the trends of the total cost, water and Greenhouse gas footprints. The provided case study clearly demonstrates the usefulness of the model in evaluating the trade-offs between the considered process characteristics, showing a 10 % difference between the optimal circularity rates for Water footprint minimisation and cost minimisation.
English abstract
One way of simultaneously minimising the use of fresh resources and pollution reduction is the practice of industrial and urban symbiosis, implementing Circular Economy. In the current work, it has been shown that the circularity rate alone is not a sufficient criterion to achieve resource and footprint minimisation. It is necessary to evaluate the cost and the footprints in a combined way. The formulated conceptual model allows the evaluation of the trends of the total cost, water and Greenhouse gas footprints. The provided case study clearly demonstrates the usefulness of the model in evaluating the trade-offs between the considered process characteristics, showing a 10 % difference between the optimal circularity rates for Water footprint minimisation and cost minimisation.
Keywords in English
Resource Integration;Resource Recovery;Industrial-Urban Symbiosis;Network Optimisation
Released
25.06.2021
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd.
ISBN
9780323885065
ISSN
1570-7946
Book
31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
Number
50
Pages from–to
1659–1664
Pages count
6
BIBTEX
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author="Limei {Gai} and Petar Sabev {Varbanov} and Hon Huin {Chin} and Jiří {Klemeš},
title="Targeting and Optimisation of Industrial and Urban Symbiosis for Circular Economy",
booktitle="31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering",
year="2021",
number="50",
month="June",
pages="1659--1664",
publisher="Elsevier Ltd.",
isbn="9780323885065",
issn="1570-7946"
}