Eco-industrial developments with a special focus o n material cycles are usually concentrated on the level of the industrial estate/industrial park. However, the results of completed and ongoing research projects in Germany's Rhine-Neckar... more
Eco-industrial developments with a special focus o n material cycles are usually concentrated on the level of the industrial estate/industrial park. However, the results of completed and ongoing research projects in Germany's Rhine-Neckar region indicate that larger regional areas may be more suitable for closing material loops and creating sustainable industrial ecosystems. Nonetheless, this larger size also presents new challenges for industrial ecosystem development, such as establishing the necessary trust and coordination among actors, homogenizing and collecting data to enable comparisons within and between firms, and minimizing the transaction costs involved in searching for appropriate partners. Practical solutions and IT-tools suggested as a means of supporting eco-industrial development that emphasizes positive synergy effects for industrial actors. #
Cleaner Production (CP) method has fetched improvements to large energy intensive industries, which have the principal, technical knowledge and the organisational capacity for applying new and innovative techniques. Cleaner production... more
Cleaner Production (CP) method has fetched improvements to large energy intensive industries, which have the principal, technical knowledge and the organisational capacity for applying new and innovative techniques. Cleaner production enabled organizations to picture the idea of ecological manageability practically speaking and to put stock in the likelihood of creating more with less, other than diminishing natural expenses. Be that as it may, in spite of the fact that cleaner generation has just been acknowledged and is progressively connected, it isn't a standard technique for overseeing ecological perspectives. In this article, a brief review about a cleaner production is presented. As well, the various methodologies adopted for CP and quality tools which are used to reduce the resources have been discussed. The barriers encountered by the CP and strategies to overcome these barriers is also discussed.
Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK) Technology, which is considered to be more cleaner, cheaper and advanced version of fire brick making technology appropriate for small and medium brick entrepreneurs. During my association with TARA,... more
Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK) Technology, which is considered to be more cleaner, cheaper and advanced version of fire brick making technology appropriate for small and medium brick entrepreneurs. During my association with TARA, Development Alternative Group in the year 2010, I was coordinating Green Technology Transfer to Bangladesh, an ESMAP Grant program of World Bank at Development Alternatives Group. The program was aimed at VSBK technology transfer and demonstrating its environmental and technical efficiency and therefor replacement of Bull Trench Kilns (BTKs) and wide adoption of VSBK among Bangladeshi Brick entrepreneurs. My contribution at the capacity of Coordinator and research to the below paper on "Operation Manual VSBK" though minimum but quite learning and meaningful. I would thank to VSBK Team, TARA and DA for the opportunity provided. As I am no more associate with DA, so for any detail about VSBK, you may directly post your queries to TARA Machines and Development Alternatives Group. Thank You.
Grassroots innovation (GI) is an important strand for cleaner production and sustainable development. Studies have explored various facets of grassroots innovation. Despite two decades of research, however, there is no systematic review... more
Grassroots innovation (GI) is an important strand for cleaner production and sustainable development. Studies have explored various facets of grassroots innovation. Despite two decades of research, however, there is no systematic review of the GI literature. The objective of this study is to synthesize the existing literature on GI. It identifies the main theories, characteristics, stakeholders, challenges, diffusion, and potential of GI, among others. The study points out how GI contributes to sustainability. It shows that only a few scholars have a significant contribution, which limits the broad expansion of the GI discipline. Moreover, GI literature has not been linked with the mainstream innovation literature. Even though GI is significant for sustainable development, its impact is limited in reality.
Eco-industrial developments with a special focus on material cycles are usually concentrated on the level of the industrial estate/industrial park. However, the results of completed and ongoing research projects in Germany's... more
Eco-industrial developments with a special focus on material cycles are usually concentrated on the level of the industrial estate/industrial park. However, the results of completed and ongoing research projects in Germany's RhineNeckar region indicate that larger regional areas ...
ABSTRACT This paper scrutinizes the concept of cleaner technology, drawing on both a review of the literature and case study analysis of new data. By analysing the intentions behind innovations as separate from outcomes, a complex... more
ABSTRACT This paper scrutinizes the concept of cleaner technology, drawing on both a review of the literature and case study analysis of new data. By analysing the intentions behind innovations as separate from outcomes, a complex relationship between intentions and outcomes, as well as between different motives, is revealed. The paper argues that cleaner technology is not in fact a type of technology, that the concept obscures the role of underlying environmental motives and ambitions and that cleaner technology innovations do not necessarily deliver the economic gains they are normally understood to do.
This paper scrutinizes the concept of cleaner technology, drawing on both a review of the literature and case study analysis of new data. By analysing the intentions behind innovations as separate from outcomes, a complex relationship... more
This paper scrutinizes the concept of cleaner technology, drawing on both a review of the literature and case study analysis of new data. By analysing the intentions behind innovations as separate from outcomes, a complex relationship between intentions and outcomes, as well as between different motives, is revealed. The paper argues that cleaner technology is not in fact a type of technology, that the concept obscures the role of underlying environmental motives and ambitions and that cleaner technology innovations do not necessarily deliver the economic gains they are normally understood to do.
We have investigated the use of nanofiltration for treatment of effluent from the first alkaline extraction stage (called 'E1') of a bleached Kraft pulp plant. We report nanofiltration tests with a laboratory cross-flow unit 'CELFA P-28'... more
We have investigated the use of nanofiltration for treatment of effluent from the first alkaline extraction stage (called 'E1') of a bleached Kraft pulp plant. We report nanofiltration tests with a laboratory cross-flow unit 'CELFA P-28' to study the effect of the retentate flowrate, pH, and pressure, on permeate flowrate and pollutant removal efficiency. The data was used to predict the performance and approximate cost of a multi-stage nanofiltration unit at industrial scale. Its design was computer-optimized by the dynamic programming method.
