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The European Union has put the concept of circularity at the heart of its strategy for transitioning towards a low-carbon economy. Measures have been taken in order to promote Industrial Symbiosis (IS). However, one of the main barriers to the dissemination of IS remains the exchange of (confidential) data between industries. This paper presents the concept of industrial sector blueprints as a solution in order to overcome the challenge of sharing information. A blueprint is constituted of a series of profiles providing insights into the key inputs and outputs of a given industry in terms of thermal and electrical energy, materials and services. A methodology, detailing a step-by-step approach for building the profiles and the type of data required, is presented. To demonstrate the feasibility of the methods, it is applied to a typical refinery followed by an example, showing how it can be used in an IS context.
Helene Cervo; Jean-Henry Ferrasse; Bernard Descales; Greet Van Eetvelde. Blueprint: A methodology facilitating data exchanges to enhance the detection of industrial symbiosis opportunities – application to a refinery. Chemical Engineering Science 2020, 211 .
AMA StyleHelene Cervo, Jean-Henry Ferrasse, Bernard Descales, Greet Van Eetvelde. Blueprint: A methodology facilitating data exchanges to enhance the detection of industrial symbiosis opportunities – application to a refinery. Chemical Engineering Science. 2020; 211 ():.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHelene Cervo; Jean-Henry Ferrasse; Bernard Descales; Greet Van Eetvelde. 2020. "Blueprint: A methodology facilitating data exchanges to enhance the detection of industrial symbiosis opportunities – application to a refinery." Chemical Engineering Science 211, no. : .
For the last 20 years, the field of industrial symbiosis (IS) has raised interest among academics and industries. IS consists of dissimilar entities sharing and valorising underutilised resources such as materials, energy, information, services, or technologies in the view of increasing the industrial system’s circularity. Despite the benefits brought by IS, though, barriers hindering the full dissemination of IS remain. This paper presents a methodology developed in the framework of the H2020 European project EPOS that aims at removing some of the obstacles to the implementation of IS. The method follows a multidisciplinary approach that intents to trigger the interest of industry decision-makers and initiate efforts to optimise the use of energy and material resources through symbiosis. It is applied to an industrial cluster located in the Humber region of UK. The case study shows how the approach helped to identify several IS opportunities, how one particular high-potential symbiosis was further assessed, and how it led to the creation of a business case. It was estimated that the identified symbiosis could bring substantial economic (+2000 k€ pa), environmental (−4000 t of CO2 eq. pa) and social (+7 years of healthy life) gains to the region.
Hélène Cervo; Stéphane Ogé; Amtul Samie Maqbool; Francisco Mendez Alva; Lindsay Lessard; Alexandre Bredimas; Jean-Henry Ferrasse; Greet Van Eetvelde. A Case Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Humber Region Using the EPOS Methodology. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6940 .
AMA StyleHélène Cervo, Stéphane Ogé, Amtul Samie Maqbool, Francisco Mendez Alva, Lindsay Lessard, Alexandre Bredimas, Jean-Henry Ferrasse, Greet Van Eetvelde. A Case Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Humber Region Using the EPOS Methodology. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (24):6940.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHélène Cervo; Stéphane Ogé; Amtul Samie Maqbool; Francisco Mendez Alva; Lindsay Lessard; Alexandre Bredimas; Jean-Henry Ferrasse; Greet Van Eetvelde. 2019. "A Case Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Humber Region Using the EPOS Methodology." Sustainability 11, no. 24: 6940.
Production data in process industry are proprietary to a company since they are key to the process design and technology expertise. However, data confidentiality restrains industry from sharing results and advancing developments in and across process sectors. Using virtual profiles that simulate the typical operating modes of a given process industry offers an elegant solution for a company to share information with the outside world. This paper proposes a generic methodology to create sector blueprints and applies it to the chemicals industry. It details the profile of a typical chemical site based on essential units and realistic data gathered from existing refineries and chemical plants.
Helene Cervo; Stéphane Bungener; Elfie Méchaussie; Ivan Kantor; Brecht Zwaenepoel; François Maréchal; Greet Van Eetvelde. Virtual Sector Profiles for Innovation Sharing in Process Industry – Sector 01: Chemicals. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2017, 68, 569 -578.
AMA StyleHelene Cervo, Stéphane Bungener, Elfie Méchaussie, Ivan Kantor, Brecht Zwaenepoel, François Maréchal, Greet Van Eetvelde. Virtual Sector Profiles for Innovation Sharing in Process Industry – Sector 01: Chemicals. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2017; 68 ():569-578.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHelene Cervo; Stéphane Bungener; Elfie Méchaussie; Ivan Kantor; Brecht Zwaenepoel; François Maréchal; Greet Van Eetvelde. 2017. "Virtual Sector Profiles for Innovation Sharing in Process Industry – Sector 01: Chemicals." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 68, no. : 569-578.