Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Mueller, Daniel Beat"
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A general data model for socioeconomic metabolism and its implementation in an industrial ecology data commons prototype
Pauliuk, Stefan; Heeren, Niko; Hasan, Mohammad M.; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Until this day, data in industrial ecology (IE) have been commonly seen as existing within the domain of particular methods or models, such as input–output, life cycle assessment, urban metabolism, or material flow analysis ... -
Aluminium use in passenger cars poses systemic challenges for recycling and GHG emissions
Billy, Romain Guillaume; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The demand for automotive aluminium is expected to boom in the coming decades given current trends in the passenger car market, such as electrification, light-weighting, customers’ preference for larger cars (SUVs) and ... -
Applying material flow analysis for optimizing construction aggregates management in the road sector
Rasch, Marie Katrine (Master thesis, 2018)The construction of infrastructure presents large issues of environmental impacts, land-use conflicts, and resource scarcity. Good resource management streamlining the material use and waste production is essential to ... -
Approaching building lifetimes and hazard rates through demolition patterns: Case studies for a historical city center
Cordhomme, Zoe Angele Adele; Dittrich, Nils Maximilian; Gedde, Kristina Bringedal; Billy, Romain Guillaume; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Despite their relevance in building stock modeling, building lifetimes are poorly understood and tend to form the weakest link in forecasting energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, waste generation, and resource use. ... -
Battery technology and recycling alone will not save the electric mobility transition from future cobalt shortages
Zeng, Anqi; Chen, Wu; Dalgas Rasmussen, Kasper; Zhu, Xuehong; Lundhaug, Maren Cathrine; Mueller, Daniel Beat; Tan, Juan; Keiding, Jakob K.; Liu, LiTao; Dai, Tao; Wang, Anjian; Liu, Gang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In recent years, increasing attention has been given to the potential supply risks of critical battery materials, such as cobalt, for electric mobility transitions. While battery technology and recycling advancement are ... -
Circular economy for aquatic food systems: insights from a multiscale phosphorus flow analysis in Norway
Pandit, Avijit Vinayak; Dittrich, Nils Maximilian; Strand, Andrea Viken; Lozach, Loïs; Las Heras Hernandez, Miguel; Reitan, Kjell Inge; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)As wild-caught fish become scarce, feed ingredients for farming fish, such as salmon, are increasingly sourced from agricultural plants that depend on mineral fertilizers. Since these fish are naturally carnivorous, they ... -
Closing the loop: Tracking stocks and flows of steel from the end of useful life to re-melting
Rørtveit, Ingrid (Master thesis, 2014)Recycling steel scrap from different stages in the life cycle is an important input to secondary steel production and manufacturing. While flows and losses from pre-consumer processes are well known, there are considerable ... -
Cobalt: Corporate concentration 1975-2018
Ericsson, Magnus; Löf, Anton; Löf, Olof; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The world’s dependency on cobalt mines in Congo and cobalt refineries in China is seen as serious security issues with potentially dangerous implications for the energy transition. However, Chinese refineries have a similar ... -
Contributions of sociometabolic research to sustainability science
Haberl, Helmut; Wiedenhofer, Dominik; Pauliuk, Stefan; Krausmann, Fridolin; Mueller, Daniel Beat; Fischer-Kowalski, Marina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Recent high-level agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals aim at mitigating climate change, ecological degradation and biodiversity loss while pursuing social goals such as reducing ... -
Effects of car electronics penetration, integration and downsizing on their recycling potentials
Restrepo Gomez, Eliette Johana; Løvik, Amund Nordli; Widmer, Rolf; Wäger, Patrick; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Car electronics form an extensive yet untapped source for secondary critical raw materials. To seize their recycling potentials it is imperative to understand how the number and volumes of car electric and electronic (EE) ... -
Embodied greenhouse gas emissions in structural materials for the German residential building stock - Quantification and mitigation scenarios
Hingorani, Ramon; Dittrich, Nils Maximilian; Kohler, Jochen; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Embodied emissions in construction materials make a relevant contribution to carbon emissions worldwide. While this has been broadly recognised, only little attention has been paid to the role of load-bearing structures ... -
Energy and Nutrient Recovery Potential from the Norwegian Food Supply System: Potensial for energi- og næringsstoffgjenvinning i det norske matproduksjonssystemet
Peverill, Margaret Samantha (Master thesis, 2014)Agricultural and food supply systems are inefficient as evidenced by poor utilization of phosphorous (P), large losses of energy and sizeable and distributed losses of food (Wirsenius 2003; Cordell et al. 2011). Researchers ... -
Estimating stocks and flows of electric passenger vehicle batteries in the Norwegian fleet from 2011 to 2030
Thorne, Rebecca; Aguilar Lopez, Fernando; Figenbaum, Erik; Fridstrøm, Lasse; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Retired passenger battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are expected to generate significant volumes of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), opening business opportunities for second life and recycling. In order to evaluate these, ... -
Food security for an ageing and heavier population
Vasquez, Felipe; Vita, Gibran; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Changes in national and global food demand are commonly explained by population growth, dietary shifts, and food waste. Although nutrition sciences demonstrate that biophysical characteristics determine food requirements ... -
A general framework for stock dynamics of populations and built and natural environments
Lauinger, Dirk; Billy, Romain Guillaume; Vasquez, Felipe; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Sustainable development involves a responsible management of the interactions between humans and their built and natural environment. From a physical perspective, the interactions can be characterized as stocks and flows ... -
Historical Penetration Patterns of Automobile Electronic Control Systems and Implications for Critical Raw Materials Recycling
Restrepo, Eliette; Løvik, Amund Nordli; Widmer, Rolf; Wäger, Patrick; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Car electronics form a large but poorly utilized source for secondary critical raw materials (CRMs). To capitalize on this potential, it is necessary to understand the mechanism in which car electronics enter and exit the ... -
How does the ELV recycling and recovery target translate into practice? - The case of the system for treatment of Norwegian ELVs
Nerby, Tonje (Master thesis, 2017)The growth of vehicles as a means of transportation, as well as the increasing computerization of vehicles, makes end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) an important waste flow to recycle. In Norway, the ELV treatment system has ... -
Human-Centered Digital Twin Design for Industrial Symbiosis
Chen, Ziyue (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:303, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Industrial symbiosis is a pivotal process in realizing the circular economy. Lags and the lack of information-sharing between companies prevents the symbiotic system from working properly. As a potential solution for ... -
Interactive data visualization of the Norwegian phosphorus cycle, coupling phosphorus with dry matter and energy in a multi-layered material flow analysis model
Rud, Richard Olav (Master thesis, 2015)The utilization of data visualization to explore complex systems is arguably an indispensable method for increasing understanding of a specific problem domain. It is argued that visualization techniques for presenting ... -
Limits to graphite supply in a transition to a post-fossil society
Barre, Francis Isidore; Billy, Romain Guillaume; Aguilar Lopez, Fernando; Mueller, Daniel Beat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs) powered by lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) aims at reducing emissions in the transportation sector, thereby decreasing fuel oil use and crude oil extraction. Yet, synthetic graphite, ...