Optimal Synthesis of Eco-industrial Parks

This chapter presents an introduction to the water and energy integration into an eco-industrial park. First, the concepts associated with industrial symbiosis are presented. Then several optimization approaches for water integration into an eco-industrial park are presented. Then, some optimization formulations for the energy integration between different industrial processes are described. These approaches include direct recycling, exchanges between the different plants, and the possibility of installing a central shared facility to treat the waste streams. The application of the proposed optimization formulations is shown through several examples problems.