Bendig, MatthiasMaréchal, FrançoisFavrat, Daniel2013-04-152013-04-152013-04-15201210.3303/CET1229018https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/91476This paper aims at giving a definition for waste heat in analogy to the definitions of natural resources and reserves. It aims also at presenting a method for identifying, characterizing and quantifying the available waste heat of an industrial system that can be converted into a useful form. A distinction is made between avoidable and unavoidable waste heat. In order to measure the entire useful potential of waste heat, exergy is used for characterizationWaste heatExergy AnalysisIndustrial processsIndustrial systemsDefining the potential of usable waste heat in industrial processes with the help of pinch and exergy analysistext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper