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Visu 1Reducing Resource Intensity of Industrial Processes
Reducing Resource Intensity of
Industrial Processes: Technology
Trajectory and Drivers
C. VisvanathanProfessor
Environmental Engineering & Management ProgramAsian Institute of Technology
http://www.faculty.ait.ac.th/visu/
Visu 2Reducing Resource Intensity of Industrial Processes
Material Cycle
Production
Natural Resource Input
Final Disposal
Treatment
Discard
Consumption, Use
choosing things and materials so as to
decrease the volume of waste
generated
Reduce
putting things back
into the system,
repeated use of materials
Reuse
structured and systematic use of waste itself as raw material / resource
Recycle
Thermal / Energy recovery
Control Natural Resource Consumption
Focus of this Presentation& Future CP Trends
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COST
TechnologyChange
MaterialSubstitution
Process Modification
Recycle & Reuse
House Keeping
Rational Use of Resources
POLLUTION PREVENTION IDEAS
Future Driver of CP
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Limitation of Current CP Promotion Activites
in Asia: Pricing of Resources
• Cleaner Production – often looked as waste
reduction at source – true to some extent
• Cannot be driven by “Profit” approach alone
• Resources are not priced fully
– Water price
– Raw material
– Energy price
• Subsidies play a role and shadow the real cost
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Subsidy…
Water Price = THB 12-18 / m3
Real cost Water: THB 24-28 /m3
Escalation on water and energy price
…relatively fixed in a year!!!
Price of other raw materials
…fluctuating, often increasing !!!
Real cost not thrown
on consumers
Reduction in water consumption through CP ����
only on the Water price; not on the subsidy
If the entire cost is transferred to the
consumer, the higher cost will mean a lot.
Low motivation for CP
to reduce consumption
High motivation for CP
to reduce consumption
A regulatory mechanism for “Resource Limitation” needs
to be addressed by national bodies
A regulatory mechanism for “Resource Limitation” needs
to be addressed by national bodies
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Moon Cake Experience!!!!!!!!!!
What is left over…………..
M☺☺n Cake
Visu 7Reducing Resource Intensity of Industrial Processes
EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION
"Advanced Jet dyeing" units: only 980 kg/batch
STEAM REQUIREMENTS
33% reduction in GHG emission or air pollutants (CO2 emission = 264 tons per batch).
55 % reduction in water consumption
Simple "Jet Dyeing" machines : 1,480 kg /batch: 396 t CO2 per/batch
Conventional
Jet Dyeing
Steam = 1,480 kg/Batch
(Energy Input = 4,191 MJ/Batch)
GHG Emission
CO2 emission = 396 kg/Batch)
Water for dyeing = 67 m3/batch
AdvancedJet Dyeing
Steam = 980 kg/Batch
(Energy Input = 2,794 MJ/Batch)
GHG Emission
CO2 emission = 264 kg/Batch)
Water for dyeing = 30.4 m3/batch
Rapid
Technological Change Options:
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Technology Development Trajectory of Tea Drying
In tea processing, drying (firing ) is the most energy consuming operation requiring about 4.5 kWh/ kg of made tea (thermal energy). This depends on the type of dryer used, state of withering, moisture content of atmospheric air and type of tea produced.
The technology development trajectory of tea dryer from 1930 to present shows that there has been a 40% improvement in energy efficiency.
Source:Gupta (1983); Millin (1993).Note: a,b There are two different brands of VFBD
NEW TECHNOLOGY
Dryer type and efficiency%
1 Static Tray < 20.02 2 –Stage Dryer 21.33 4’ Tray Dryer 26.84 Endless Chain Pressure
Dryer (ECP)32.0
5 Fluidised Bed Dryer(FBD)
38.5
6 Vibratory Fluidised BedDryer ( VFBD) a
38.9
7 FBD Modified 49.08 VFBDb 54.09 Combined Tempest > 60.0
12
345
67
89
1
9
Efficiency
1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
Technological Options:
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10kg 770g 236g 137g 79g
100% -99.3% -69% -42% -42%
Percentages show decreasing of weight between older and newer models
?
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Nokia in the future…… 7.9 g
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Clean Technology Trajectories
Gains in productive efficiciency
Environmental Performance
Solvent-free paradigm
Solvent paradigm
Productive Efficiency
Control, prevention and internal recycling
technologies
Radically new clean processes
T2
T1
M. -C’. Belis-Begouignan a at /Ecological Economic 48 (2004) 201 220
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M. -C’. Belis-Begouignan et al. /Ecological Economics 48 (2004) 201-220
Gains in productive efficiciency Environmental Performance
Solvent paradigm
Productive Efficiency
T2
T1Carbon adsorption and on-site regeneration
of solvents
Energy recovering of VOCs
Water-based technologies Media-projection
Ultra-sounds Lasers
Low temperature plasma
Clean Technology Trajectories for Metal
Surface Treatments
Visu 13Reducing Resource Intensity of Industrial Processes
UK Cement Sector…major success factors
• 12 million tonnes of cement manufactured in the UK in
2005
• Approx 856,000 tonnes of waste-derived products
replaced virgin raw material – Reuse / Recycle
• About 270,000 tonnes of waste-derived fuels replaced
fossil fuels – Reuse / Recycle
• Between 1998 and 2005, the volumes of cement kiln dust
going to landfill has been reduced by 75% - Reuse
• Production of factory-made composite cements, which
encourages the use of secondary constituents as
alternatives to clinker - Reuse
Reuse and Recycle have played important roles
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UK Cement Sector…major success factors
• Carbonation of concrete – ability of concrete to
absorb CO2 from the atmosphere over its life cycle.
– concrete could absorb around 19% of the CO2
emitted in the manufacture of cement.
– This uptake of CO2 acts as a carbon offset.
• Capital investment in energy efficient technology
• Fossil fuel replacement
Process change
Classical CP approaches
Classical CP options have been implemented and achieved
good results…and reached peak.
Have to look at innovative technologies, categorically to
further reduce resource intensity.
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Cement Sector…Asia
Average capacity of rotary kilns
Specific energy consumption of cement industry
Small-scale cement factories in developing countries…
High in developing countries, Low in Japan
Need to promote economies of scale and make CP attractive for small industries as well
Policy initiatives can give the push
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3
2
1
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MJ/kg o
f Cem
ent
China Philippines Japan
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
‘000 T
ons o
f Clinker/yr
China Philippines Japan
1000
90
240
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CO2 Reduction Potentials in Cement in 2005,
Based on Best Available Technology500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Em
issio
ns s
avin
gs (
Mit C
O2)
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
Specific
savin
gs p
ote
ntial (t CO
2per
tonne o
f cem
ent)
Source: IEA analysis
Fossil fuel savings Electricity savings Alternative fuels BF slag clinker substitution
Other clinker substitutes Specific saving potential
World Russia Canada US China Korea Brazil India OECD Japan Other
Europe
0.18
0.25
0.39
0.22
0.200.20
0.19
0.14
0.09
0.06
0.16
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Cement Factory
Cement factory in China
Cement factory in Japan
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Cement Sector Specific thermal and electrical energy consumption
China India Philippines Sri Lanka Japan
Thermal Energy (MJ/kg Clinker)
Dry Process 4.85 3.8-4.4 4.2 4.35 3.0
Wet Process 6.04 5.9-6.8 7.5 - -
Mechanized Shaft Kiln Process 490 n.a - - -
Electricity (kWh/ton cement) 110 120-130 130 130 96
Why?
• Stringent regulations
• Economies of scale
• Better Technologies
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Material Eco-efficiency Indicator, Nepal
Production in (US$,000) 8661 9416 9048 8263 11631
Material Utilized (T) 23086 23771 19021 11834 18000
Eco-efficiency in $/T 375 396 475 698 646
Material Eco-efficiency Indicator and Trend Line of Iron Pipe Industry in Terms of Economic Value in US$
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
$/T
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
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Eco-efficiency in S/T Eco-efficiency Trend Line in S/T
Material Eco-efficiency Indicator of Iron Pipe Industry M
ate
ria
l U
tilized (
T) a
nd
Production V
alu
e (
$)
$ or T
375 $/T
396 $/T475 $/T
698 $/T646 $/T
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Water Eco-efficiency Indicator, Nepal
Water Eco-efficiency Indicator and Trend Line of Iron Pipe Industry in Terms of Economic Value in US$
Eco-efficiency in S/m3
Eco-efficiency Trend Line in S/m3
Water Eco-efficiency Indicator of Iron Pipe Industry
Wate
r U
tilized (
m3) a
nd
Production (
US$)
$ or m3
Production in (US$,000) 8661 9416 9048 8263 11631
Water Utilized (m3) 1911 1815 1365 792 861
Eco-efficiency in $/m3 4532 5188 6628 10434 13509
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
13509 $/m3
10434 $/m3
4532 $/m3
5188 $/m3
6628$/m3
14000
12000
10000
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6000
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2000
0
$/m3
16000
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Water Eco-efficiency Indicator, Nepal
Waste Eco-efficiency Indicator and Trend Line of Iron Pipe Industry in Terms of Economic Value in US$
Eco-efficiency in S/TEco-efficiency Trend Line in S/T
Water Eco-efficiency Indicator of Iron Pipe Industry W
aste
Generation (
T)
and P
roduction (
$)
Production in (US$,000) 8661 9416 9048 8263 11631
Waste Generation (T) 795.4 675.4 498 294 422.18
Eco-efficiency in $/T 10889 13941 18168 28108 27550
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
$ or T
14000
12000
10000
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30000
25000
20000
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$/T
10889 $/T
13941 $/T 18168 $/T
28108 $/T 27550 $/T
Visu 22Reducing Resource Intensity of Industrial Processes
Resource Efficiency Vs Cost
• Industrial processes are
mostly optimized
• “Cost” driver has forced
optimization
• Further optimization;
prohibitively expensive
• Costs outweigh the
benefits in most cases
Efficiency improvement
Cost
40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Theoretical resource efficiencies are difficult to be achieved
cost-effectively
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Resource Efficiency and Intensity
Resource efficiency and intensity are mutually dependent
Process A150 kg of
raw material140 kg of product
Resource Efficiency= 93%
10 kglosses + waste
Resource intensity= 107 kg of raw material/100 kg of product
Constraint!!!
Improving this is
not cost-effective
Reducing this is the issueWhere can we perform better?
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Efficiency and Intensity…
• Resource efficiency improvements are now constrained –
cannot move beyond a certain range
• Resources are getting scarcer – not all are renewable
• Sources of feedstock have to be re-looked
• Only way out is alternative sources of feedstock
• Reuse and Recycling have to be promoted
– X% of virgin material + Y % of recycled materials
– Gradually increase “recycled” portion
• By reuse and recycling – volume of virgin raw material
required is reduced
• Recycling in some sectors is perceived to be expensive –
need to develop cost-effective technologies in these
sectors
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Way out…
• Improving resource efficiency and reducing resource
intensity is like “swine flu”
– There is no single vaccine
• Requires a combination of interventions to treat
victims
• Identify victims and improve their immunity
• Simultaneously develop vaccine
• Promoting reuse and recycling is not a panacea for
improving resource efficiency and reducing resource
intensity
• Need to identify priority areas of action and develop
relevant technologies
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Take-home Message
• Cleaner Production has largely favored reduction
in resource intensity
• Hard approaches where the industry takes the
initiative have peaked
• Soft approaches through Policy interventions are
essential to take CP further
• GHG reduction has been the key driver for CP in
the past 2 decades…Kyoto Protocol???
• Resource depletion and scarcity have to be
taken into account : Resource Limitation will be
a Major Driver