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Emergy-based fuzzy optimization approach for water reuse in an eco-industrial park

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posted on 2023-05-18, 23:05 authored by Mohammad Sadegh Taskhiri, Tan, RR, Chiu, ASF
The establishment of an eco-industrial park (EIP) provides opportunity for individual plants to cooperate with each other in order to utilize resources efficiently and thus reduce waste. The goal of an EIP is to “close the loop” through recycling and reuse of material and energy streams. Studies show with current freshwater consumption trends there would be water stress aggravated by global warming in the near future. This paper presents a model to design an EIP water reuse network that considers overall system sustainability as measured with emergy, as well as cost saving desired by individual plants. Case studies from literature are then solved to illustrate the advantage of this method in decision making. The illustrative examples show how the model achieves a compromise among the potentially conflicting fuzzy goals of the various EIP stakeholders.

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Publication title

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volume

55

Issue

11

Pagination

730-737

ISSN

0921-3449

Department/School

School of Engineering

Publisher

Elsevier Science Bv

Place of publication

Po Box 211, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1000 Ae

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© 2011 Elsevier

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Other environmental management not elsewhere classified

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