Simulation of sustainable manufacturing solutions: tools for enabling circular economy

AA Khan, J Abonyi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
At the current worrisome rate of global consumption, the linear economy model of producing
goods, using them, and then disposing of them with no thought of the environmental, social …

Evaluation of resources and environmental carrying capacity of marine ranching in China: An integrated life cycle assessment-emergy analysis

YC Wang, YW Du - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Resources and environmental carrying capacity (RECC) describes the ability of a system to
achieve healthy and sustainable development. Various marine ranching enterprises have …

An infinite life cycle assessment model to re-evaluate resource efficiency and environmental impacts of circular economy systems

X Tian, J Xie, M Xu, Y Wang, Y Liu - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Challenges exist in life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate resource efficiency and
environmental impacts of circular economy systems. Rules attributing recycling …

Evaluation of the Water–Energy nexus in the treatment of urban drinking water in Chile through exergy and environmental indicators

V Rodríguez-Merchan, C Ulloa-Tesser, C Baeza… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research assessed water–energy nexus (WEN) efficiency in Chile's drinking water
treatment plants by integrating the life cycle concept and exergy analysis principles. The …

Sustainability assessment techniques and potential sustainability accreditation tools for energy-product systems modelling

V Selicati, N Cardinale - Journal of Sustainability for Energy, 2023 - iris.unibas.it
The modelling of complex technological systems serves as the foundation for enhancing
process performance, including sustainability features (triple-bottom line). The European …

A monitoring framework based on exergetic analysis for sustainability assessment of direct laser metal deposition process

V Selicati, M Mazzarisi, FS Lovecchio… - … International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
With the constant increase of energy costs and environmental impacts, improving the
process efficiency is considered a priority issue for the manufacturing field. A wide …

Exergetic life cycle assessment for green hydrogen production

J Gerhardt-Mörsdorf, J Incer-Valverde, T Morosuk… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method for assessing the environmental impacts of
products and processes. The life cycle inventory provides a measure of the quantitative …

Thermoeconomics Meets Business Science: Systemic Exergy Management (SYMΞX) as a New Theoretical and Flexible Framework for Sustainability

A Fernández-Miguel, D Settembre-Blundo… - Global Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Historically, corporate assessment of performance has placed a significant emphasis on
financial measures, while largely ignoring the broader environmental and resource …

The synergetic effect of reducing pollutants and carbon quantified by exergy flow integrated resources and energy in an iron and steel symbiosis network

J Wu, J Lu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
That the synergy of pollutants and carbon emission impact on the co-operated utilization of
resources and energy can regulate the symbiosis network. Ecological Network Analysis …

Sustainable agrobiorefinery system for advanced ethanol production from Opuntia prickly pear cactus nopales

E Hernandez, T Espinosa-Solares… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cleaner industrial bioethanol production from sustainable biomass could support the
circular economy to achieve Sustainable Development Goals while tackling climate change …