Publications by Ivan Daniel Kantor

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Reducing the environmental impact of industrial processes is highly linked with decreasing consumption of natural resources, energy, and water. In the context of climate change, as discussed during the Conference of Parties in Paris (COP21), the efficient ...

Pinch analysis and Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) have been extensively studied for optimization of industrial processes addressing heat recovery, utility selection and sizing. Analysis of renewable utility integration, such as solar thermal or ph ...

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 ...

Industrial plant data are difficult to find in academic literature for a number of reasons such as confidentiality, and thus intentional masking, or problem size reduction. These common practices limit the ability of researchers to apply novel methods to r ...

In this contribution, we propose an algorithm for replacing non-linear process simulation integrated in multi-level optimization of an energy system superstructure with surrogate models. With our approach, we demonstrate that surrogate models are a valid t ...

Industrial operations consume energy and water in large quantities without accounting for potential economic and environmental burdens on future generations. Consumption of energy (mainly in the form of high pressure steam) and water (in the form of proces ...

Municipal solid waste and waste plastics are currently perceived as an environmental threat. Thermovalorization and recycling are the primary technologies used for disposal, with re- searchers and practitioners advocating for one or the other, but far from ...

Technology and energy saving potentials in the industrial sector are key data that policy-makers rely on to drive decision-making. A literature review reveals a distinct discrepancy between general potential estimation and detailed design studies. The form ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The management of plastic waste is a growing concern that can harm wildlife and ecosystems, and its end-of-life policies are key to mitigating plastic environmental impact. This work presents a decision-making methodology for the thermal and material valor ...

Waste heat accounts for up to 70% of input energy in industrial processes which enunciates the importance of energy recovery measures to improve efficiency and reduce excessive energy consumption. A portion of the energy can be recovered within the process ...

A fully renewable Europe is a major climate goal and an assumed priority by the European Union. However, intermittent renewables require hefty backup power sources to compensate for sudden generation shortfalls, ensuring grid stability and balance across t ...

Simulation-based optimization models are widely applied to find optimal operating conditions of processes. Often, computational challenges arise from model complexity, making the generation of reliable design solutions difficult. We propose an algorithm fo ...

This study investigates the technical and economic feasibility of replacing throttling valves with smale-scale, oil-free turbomachinery in industrial steam networks. This is done from the perspective of the turbomachine, which has to be integrated into a n ...

The AIDRES database aims to support the long-term objective of a fully integrated industrial strategy in the EU 27, providing a service to the European Commission and a catalogue for industries to understand the effectiveness, efficiency and cost of potent ...

Despite commonly reported potentials for emission reduction and efficiency increase, industrial heat pumps have yet to reach wide-scale employment in non-refrigeration appli- cations. The bottlenecks are identified as a general scepticism from process oper ...

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 ...

Electricity markets are currently experiencing a period of rapid change. The intermittent nature of renewable energy is disrupting the conventional methods used in operational planning of the electrical grid, causing a shift from a day-ahead forecast polic ...

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Combined water and energy integration in industrial processes with restricted connections

Optimal design of solar-assisted industrial processes considering heat pumping: Case study of a dairy

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

Thermal profile construction for energy-intensive industrial sectors

Self-learning surrogate models in superstructure optimization

Optimal Design of Heat-Integrated Water Allocation Networks

Towards a sustainable supply chain on plastic waste management : a multi-criteria optimization approach

Bottom-up method for potential estimation of energy saving measures

Incorporating Location Aspects in Process Integration Methodology

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

An Optimisation Approach for Long-Term Industrial Investment Planning

On the role of system integration in plastic waste management

Generic superstructure synthesis of organic Rankine cycles for waste heat recovery in industrial processes

The critical role of electricity storage for a clean and renewable European economy

Increasing Superstructure Optimization Capacity Through Self-Learning Surrogate Models

On the Application of Small-Scale Turbines in Industrial Steam Networks

AIDRES: A database for the decarbonisation of the heavy industry in Europe

Online parallel coordinates tool for optimal utility design in the dairy industry

Geographically Parameterized Residential Sector Energy and Service Profile

Industrial flexibility as demand-side response for electrical grid stability