With the growing environmental concern, there is evidence that increasing symbiotic
relationship between plants in the same industrial area, highly contributes to a more …

The quantitative tools and methods that have been developed to identify and cultivate
industrial symbiotic exchanges in existing industrial parks to minimize overall energy and …

This paper provides a critical review of the literature on heat-exchanger network synthesis,
the most commonly studied problem in process synthesis. After a review of solution …

Significant energy efficiency gains in zones with concentrated activity from energy intensive
industries can often be achieved by recovering and reusing waste heat between processing …

Total site integration offers energy conservation opportunities across different individual
processes and also to design as well as to optimize the central utility system. In total site …

Rising fuel prices, increasing costs associated with emissions of green house gases and the
threat of global warming make efficient use of energy more and more important. Industrial …

The paper deals with an extension of Total Site Integration to Locally Integrated Energy
Sectors producing more realistic utility and heat recovery targets. Process Heat Integration …

This paper addresses the techno-economic-environmental analysis of large-scale olefin
production from shale gas in the major shale regions of the US (including Appalachian, Gulf …

Steam is an important medium for energy transmission in industrial parks. For providing
steam to multiple users, it is key to determine the optimal number of steam levels in the …

Heat integration across plants can be accomplished either directly using process streams or
indirectly using intermediate fluids. By applying pinch analysis to a system of two plants, it is …