Environmental and Economic Assessment of a Greenhouse Waste Heat Exchange
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Authors
Andrews, Robert
Pearce, Joshua M.
Date
2011
Type
journal article
Language
en
Keyword
Industrial Symbiosis , Waste Heat , Exchange , Waste Exchange , Greenhouse , Industrial Ecology , By-Product Exchange , Heat Exchanger
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Abstract
As the economic costs of energy and the negative externalities associated with the combustion of fossil fuels threaten the economic viability of greenhouses in northern climates there is a renewed interest in the use of waste heat. This paper presents a technical and economic methodology to determine the viability of establishing waste heat greenhouses using the waste heat from industrial processes in northern climates. A case study is presented of an exchange between a tomato greenhouse and a flat glass manufacturing plant, which found the waste heat system is significantly more economic to operate than a purely natural gas system.
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Citation
R. Andrews and J.M. Pearce, “Environmental and Economic Assessment of a Greenhouse Waste Heat Exchange”, Journal of Cleaner Production 19, pp. 1446-1454 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.04.016
Publisher
Elsevier