Understanding the evolution of industrial symbiosis with a system dynamics model: A case study of Hai Hua Industrial Symbiosis, China

Hua Cui; Changhao Liu; Raymond Côté; Weifeng Liu

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Understanding the evolution of industrial symbiosis with a system dynamics model: A case study of Hai Hua Industrial Symbiosis, China

Hua Cui, Changhao Liu, Raymond Côté, Weifeng Liu

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a key sub-field in industrial ecology. The field itself assists in developing strategies that support local and regional sustainable development. The evolution of IS is an important topic to be explored. In this paper, we use the system dynamics (SD) method to establish a model of the evolution of industrial symbiosis in the case of Hai Hua Industrial Symbiosis (HHIS). In this model, different scenarios for energy consumption, solid waste utilization, and wastewater utilization were set by changing the parameter values of certain input variables to analyze the evolution of HHIS. In addition, the drivers for IS evolution were investigated qualitatively in this study. The SD model was helpful for visualizing the effects and benefits of reducing the energy consumption, solid waste stock, and wastewater stock that were achieved by establishing symbiotic relationships during the evolution of IS. The results show that the optimization of energy and material flows and other symbiotic benefits can be achieved in HHIS. There are still some challenges that restrict the further evolution of HHIS. Some suggestions are proposed to promote its further evolution.

Langue d'origine	English
Numéro d'article	3873
Journal	Sustainability
Volume	10
Numéro de publication	11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3390/su10113873
Statut de publication	Published - oct. 25 2018

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The financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41471458) and the Foundation of Beijing Institute of Technology (20151042003) is acknowledged. We acknowledge the Environmental Protection Bureau of Weifang Binhai Economic and Technological Development Zone (WBETDZ), Hai Hua Group (HHG) and the companies involved in the case study for their great help and the data they provided. Finally, we thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments for improving the paper

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Geography, Planning and Development
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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