Virtual Sector Profiles for Innovation Sharing in Process Industry – Sector 01: Chemicals

Cervo, Hélène; Bungener, Stéphane Laurent; Méchaussie, Elfie Marie; Kantor, Ivan; Zwaenepoel, Brecht; Maréchal, François; Eetvelde, Greet Van

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“…Methodologies and tools were developed in the course of the H2020 EPOS project [56][57][58] in order to provide solutions to some of the barriers mentioned above. The methods focus on the preliminary assessment of the local conditions and stakeholders' needs, the engagement of the relevant stakeholders, the identification of IS opportunities and their assessment to determine their feasibility and thus to facilitate their implementation [59].…”

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“…It facilitates data exchange without disclosing confidential information [57,58,93,94]. It facilitates the sharing of confidential data (non-disclosure agreements).…”

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“…They are available through the EPOS user club) [90]. The goal of blueprints [57,58] is to facilitate knowledge exchange to foster IS. Industrial sector blueprints comprise typical processes and include information on the material inputs and outputs of the processes as well as their thermal and electrical energy profiles.…”

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A Case Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Humber Region Using the EPOS Methodology

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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.

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“…It facilitates data exchange without disclosing confidential information [57,58,93,94]. It facilitates the sharing of confidential data (non-disclosure agreements).…”

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“…An example of the IT tool developed in the EU funded H2020 project, EPOS (Enhanced energy and resource Efficiency and Performance in process industry Operations via onsite and cross-sectorial Symbiosis), is provided to elaborate how the three levels are used to reach a judgment about the focus of the IT tools. The EPOS IT tool optimises the generic models of industrial sectors, the so-called sector blueprints [47]. It does so by using techno-economic and environmental KPIs and identifies possible IS links between the unrelated industrial sectors, which is where the main focus of the EPOS tool lies.…”

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“…This becomes even more difficult when an outsider requests information that may require time and resources and a risk of breach of confidentiality. IS opportunity exploration via IT tools can help industries control the information flow outside of the organisation [47]. As more IT tools are being developed for participants (EPOS toolbox, updates in Synergie under the project SHAREBOX, Maestri IoT, e-symbiosis platform), this should enhance the application of IS in various industries.…”

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An Assessment of European Information Technology Tools to Support Industrial Symbiosis

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) has proven to bring collective benefits to multiple stakeholders by minimising underutilised resources, sharing knowledge and improving business and technical processes. In Europe alone, over €130 million have been invested since 2006 in research projects that enable IS by developing a methodology, tool, software, platform or network that facilitates the uptake of IS by different economic actors. This paper discusses and assesses information technology (IT) developments for supporting IS in Europe, following the five-stage methodology of Grant et al. (2010). It provides guidance to the applicants and reviewers of publicly funded research projects by listing the developments and gaps in the newly developed IT tools for IS. Content analysis of publicly available information on 20 IS supporting IT tools reveals a strong focus on synergy identification but a lack of support for the implementation stage of IS. The paper indicates that a vast quantity of IT tools and knowledge is created during the IT tool development stage and newer IT tools now also include implicit information for identifying IS. It was found that successfully operational IT tools are either part of a national or local IS programme or owned by a private company. The paper ends with the recommendation that better mechanisms are needed to ensure that publicly funded IS-supporting IT tools successfully reach the market.

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Blueprint: A methodology facilitating data exchanges to enhance the detection of industrial symbiosis opportunities – application to a refinery

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The European Union (EU) has put the concept of circularity at the heart of its strategy for transitioning towards a low-carbon economy and reducing the use of virgin resources. Concrete measures, such as clarifying rules on co-products or supporting innovative projects, have been taken in order to promote Industrial Symbiosis (IS)-turning one industry's co-product into another industry's raw material. However, one of the main barriers to the democratisation of IS remains the exchange of (confidential) data between industrial partners. Here, the concept of industrial sector blueprints is presented as a solution in order to overcome the challenge of sharing information across industrial sectors. A blueprint is constituted of a series of profiles providing insights on the key inputs and outputs of a given industry in terms of thermal and electrical energy, materials and services. A heuristic and comprehensive methodology is presented detailing a step-by-step approach for building the profiles and the type of data required. It is applied to a typical refinery demonstrating the efficiency of the method and showing how it can be used in an IS context.

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Virtual Sector Profiles for Innovation Sharing in Process Industry – Sector 01: Chemicals

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A Case Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Humber Region Using the EPOS Methodology

A Case Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Humber Region Using the EPOS Methodology

An Assessment of European Information Technology Tools to Support Industrial Symbiosis

Blueprint: A methodology facilitating data exchanges to enhance the detection of industrial symbiosis opportunities – application to a refinery

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