Publications de Hür Ebuzer Bütün

A Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Formulation for Optimizing Multi-Scale Material and Energy Integration

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Jean-Loup Sylvain Robineau

This research presents a mathematical formulation for optimizing integration of complex industrial systems from the level of unit operations to processes, entire plants, and finally to considering industrial symbiosis opportunities between plants. The fram ...

2020

Optimal retrofit and investment planning methodologies for improving industrial energy and resource efficiency

Hür Ebuzer Bütün

A major shift in energy systems has started due to drastic changes in climate and air quality, depleting resources, as well as rising social awareness to all these changes. As a result international protocols, such as the Paris agreement, are signed settin ...

EPFL2020

Long- and short-lists of key performance indicators in industry and for industrial symbiosis

François Maréchal, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Alessio Santecchia, Jean-Loup Sylvain Robineau, Franz Wolf

2019

Geographically Parameterized Residential Sector Energy and Service Profile

François Maréchal, Luc Girardin, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Raluca-Ancuta Suciu

The large share of energy consumption in the residential sector has necessitated better understanding and evaluation of the energy needs in this sector, with the objective of identifying possible pathways for improvement. A series of approaches have been u ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2019

Incorporating Location Aspects in Process Integration Methodology

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Hür Ebuzer Bütün

The large potential for waste resource and heat recovery in industry has been motivating research toward increasing efficiency. Process integration methods have proven to be effective tools in improving industrial sites while decreasing their resource and ...

2019

Wastewater management towards a sustainable future. Dairy production: a study case

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo, Anna Sophia Wallerand, Hür Ebuzer Bütün

The increasing demand for heat, electricity, fuels and chemicals is pushing natural resources towards a non-reversible situation. Current solutions have to be adapted, and alternative (desirably sustainable) sources have to be found. With growth assured du ...

Institute of Thermal Technology, Silesian University of Technology2019

An Optimisation Approach for Long-Term Industrial Investment Planning

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Hür Ebuzer Bütün

The industrial sector has a large presence in world energy consumption and CO2 emissions, which has made it one of the focal points for energy and resource efficiency studies. However, large investments are required to retrofit existing industrial plants, ...

2019

A Heat Load Distribution Method for Retrofitting Heat Exchanger Networks, 28th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Alberto Mian, Hür Ebuzer Bütün

Fluctuating energy prices, increasing environmental concerns, and regulations push industries toward more energy efficient plants. Process integration (PI) techniques, proven to be effective in providing solutions with improved energy and material efficien ...

2018

A heat integration method with multiple heat exchange interfaces

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Hür Ebuzer Bütün

In recent decades, energy efficiency has become one of the key issues facing large process industries. Mounting economic, environmental and social pressure motivate energy-intensive industries to improve their efficiency. Identifying retrofit opportunities ...

2018

A heat integration method with location-dependent heat distribution losses

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Hür Ebuzer Bütün

Energy consumption in industrial processes is mainly in the form of heat. Thus, heat recovery is one of the main focuses in industrial energy efficiency problems. Heat integration (HI) techniques have been studied extensively to solve such problems. One of ...

2018