Publications by Hür Ebuzer Bütün

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

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

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

2019

Geographically Parameterized Residential Sector Energy and Service Profile

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

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, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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

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, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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, Alberto Mian, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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

Thermal profile construction for energy-intensive industrial sectors

François Maréchal, Maziar Kermani, Franz Wolf, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Greta Martha Van Eetvelde, Anna Sophia Wallerand, Alessio Santecchia, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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 ...

2018

A process integration method with multiple heat exchange interfaces

François Maréchal, Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Ivan Daniel Kantor

In recent decades, energy efficiency has become one of the key issues facing industrial producers. Mounting economic, environmental and social factors motivate energy-intensive industries to improve their efficiency. Identifying energy saving retrofit oppo ...

2017

Analysis of Solar Cooling Technology in UAE and Outlook with South African Conditions

Hür Ebuzer Bütün, Angelos Selviaridis

The study is aimed at investigating the technological and economic aspects of solar cooling technology in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a place where electricity needs for cooling accounts for a substantial amount of the annual electricity consumption of ...

2014