Publications by Ivan Daniel Kantor

On the role of system integration in plastic waste management

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Julia Granacher

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 ...

Elsevier2023

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

Luc Girardin, François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Shivom Sharma, Daniel Alexander Florez Orrego, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo, Julia Granacher, Yi Zhao, Meire Ellen Gorete Ribeiro Domingos

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 ...

Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria2023

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

François Maréchal, Paul Michael Stadler, Tuong-Van Nguyen, Alessio Santecchia, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

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 ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2023

Industrial Flexibility as Demand Side Response for Electrical Grid Stability

François Maréchal, Alessio Santecchia, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

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 ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2022

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

Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Ansgar Weickgenannt, François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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 ...

2021

Self-learning surrogate models in superstructure optimization

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Julia Granacher, Michel Lopez

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 ...

Elsevier2021

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

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Diya Achi, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

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 ...

2021

Increasing Superstructure Optimization Capacity Through Self-Learning Surrogate Models

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Julia Granacher

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 ...

2021

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

Multi-objective optimization in waste plastics - recycling vs thermo-valorization

François Maréchal, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Rafael Amorim Leandro De Castro Amoedo

In the past few years, waste management has received increasing attention not only from industry but also from academics. With an increase in plastic content, motivated by China’s ban on its import, waste composition is expected to change in the near futur ...

Osaka, Japan, ECOS 2020 Local Organizing Committee2020

Industrial flexibility as demand-side response for electrical grid stability

François Maréchal, Alessio Santecchia, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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 ...

ECOS 2020 Local Organizing Committee2020

A Holistic Methodology for Optimizing Industrial Resource Efficiency

François Maréchal, Maziar Kermani, Adriano Viana Ensinas, Anna Sophia Wallerand, Ivan Daniel Kantor, Julia Granacher

Efficient consumption of energy and material resources, including water, is the primary focus for process industries to reduce their environmental impact. The Conference of Parties in Paris (COP21) highlighted the prominent role of industrial energy effici ...

2019

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

Systematic Integration of Energy-Optimal Buildings With District Networks

Luc Girardin, François Maréchal, Paul Michael Stadler, Raluca-Ancuta Suciu, Ivan Daniel Kantor

The residential sector accounts for a large share of worldwide energy consumption, yet is difficult to characterise, since consumption profiles depend on several factors from geographical location to individual building occupant behaviour. Given this diffi ...

2019

Optimal Design of Heat-Integrated Water Allocation Networks

François Maréchal, Maziar Kermani, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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 ...

2019

Bottom-up method for potential estimation of energy saving measures

François Maréchal, Anna Sophia Wallerand, Ivan Daniel Kantor

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 ...

Elsevier2019