An approach for techno-economic optimisation and for the analysis of industrial biomass use is proposed in this paper. The ARGUS model (German acronym for: allocation module for a computer-aided generation of environmental strategies for emissions), based on linear programming, has been implemented as one of the few models that investigates VOC emissions from approximately 40 industrial sectors...

As the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm gains momentum, every network operator faces the obvious dilemma – when and how to migrate from existing IP routers to SDN-compliant equipments. A single-step complete overhaul of a fully functional network is impractical, while at the same time, the immediate benefits of SDN are obvious. A viable solution is thus a gradual migration over time, ...

Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) is a power generation process that harnesses the salinity gradient between two water bodies of different salinities. Using high as draw solution, this work assesses techno-economic feasibility technology to generate electricity using single and multistage systems. This utilizes simulator built on rigorous Q-Electrolattice equation state mass transfer model accoun...

Recirculating aquaponics systems (RAS) are known to provide an economic alternative for producing healthy foods address health disparities and food scarcity in abandoned urban areas (food deserts) with limited water land resources. This study integrated design operational data into a techno-economic analysis (TEA) the profitability of commercial-scale tilapia-lettuce system U.S. Midwest. An pil...

Energy efficiency potentials of building envelopes are significant and still largely untapped. Increasing concerns of policy-makers about non-sustainable energy use and climate change spur a growing research interest in this area. This paper fills part of the existing knowledge gap by focusing on experience curve aspects of energy efficiency measures that concern state-of-the-art insulation met...

7 Conversion of lignocellulose to value-added products is normally focussed on fuel 8 production via ethanol or heat. In this work, a techno-economic assessment of a 9 biorefinery with three product streams, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin is presented. 10 Moreover, the techno-economic assessment is evaluated in the context of the supply 11 chain through optimisation. A mixed integer linear...

In this article we offer an analysis of the practical and theoretical paradigm of media education as a fundamental pedagogical model for the adequate development of the current methods of digital literacy. In a society dominated by the flow of information and communicative processes -in which digitalization has led to techno-media convergence, the complete uniting of ICT novelties and tradition...