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, ...

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...

The introduction of ICT in techno-socio-economic systems, such as Smart Grids, traffic management, food supply chains and others, transforms the role of simulation as a scientific method for studying these complex systems. The scientific focus and challenge in simulations move from understanding system complexity to actually prototyping online and distributed regulatory mechanisms for supportin...

The task of this article is to focus on aspects of design from a theoretical perspective that works out a general framework of techno-social design that is grounded in the notion of the participatory, cooperative, sustainable information society. The approach is normative in that it is based on the judgment that not just any information society is needed, but one that has specific qualities tha...

Profound changes are taking place in the world economy and in the innovation systems of countries. The main influencing trends could be summarized by the terms globalization, liberalization, dematerialization, and technological revolution. Their joint effects have been the enhanced uncertainty and turbulence felt in the world economic system since the 1973 crisis and the gradual emergence of a ...

In this paper we compare and evaluate suitable methods for delivering broadband services at the metro and backbone level. In particular, the paper presents a techno-economic analysis of two key broadband technologies for metropolitan and backbone networks: The studies are based on a modelling methodology for network value analysis that involves CAPEX and OPEX calculations, while the overall tec...

The moisture content of biomass affects its processing for applications such as electricity or steam. In this study, the effects of variation in moisture content of banagrass and energycane was evaluated using techno-economic analysis and life-cycle assessments. A 25% loss of moisture was assumed as a variation that was achieved by field drying the biomass. Techno-economic analysis revealed tha...

As an EU policy agenda, the ―knowledge-based bio-economy‖ (KBBE) emphasizes bio-technoscience as the means to reconcile environmental and economic sustainability. This frames the sustainability problem as an inefficiency to be overcome through a techno-knowledge fix. Here ecological sustainability means a benign eco-efficient productivity using resources which are renewable, reproducible and th...