Thermoeconomics and Industrial Symbiosis. Effect of by-product integration in cost assessment

Sergio Usón, Antonio Valero and Andrés Agudelo

Energy, 2012, vol. 45, issue 1, 43-51

Abstract: Industrial Symbiosis entails the transformation of linear industrial processes into closed loop systems: matter and energy flows that were wastes become resources for other processes (by-products), resulting in a reduction of both natural resources consumption and waste production. Thermoeconomics has two key advantages as analysis method for Industrial Symbiosis: it provides a systemic and rigorous framework and, due to the use of exergy for flow quantification, streams of different nature are measured in the same unit.

Keywords: Thermoeconomics; Industrial Symbiosis; Waste; Exergy cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.04.016

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