On the Development Resources and Waste Management Strategies in Industrial Clusters

The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the impact of global warming states that global warming is likely to reach 1.5 ^oC between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate. This puts a strain on industry and on hydrocarbon resource dependent economies, such as Qatar, to reduce to emissions while maintaining profitability and growth. Most emissions stem from stationary industrial sources, often in the form of industrial clusters (cities or parks). This poses a challenge to manage the multiple feedstocks, many conversion processes, products, intermediates, wastes, and emissions that flow within industrial clusters. Several approaches exist to reduce CO₂ emissions using renewable energy, energy efficiency or Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS). Thus, the development of an integrated holistic approach to systematically screen through the many possible strategic options - of managing resources and waste emissions- is crucial for many countries with natural resource centric economies and as well as for energy companies. This work allows the integration of various resources such as material including intermediates and energy in an industrial cluster produce to value added products, while adhering to emission restrictions. The industrial cluster studied, consist of several plants, which are interconnected by an existing infrastructure that allows exchanging materials, power, and heat. The resource management tool will be able to assess a given industrial cluster integration potentials or can design a new grass-root industrial cluster. A case study will be solved to illustrate the method and investigate the impact of CO₂ reduction strategies on the design of industrial clusters.