Accepted Manuscript Energy gap method (EGM) to increase energy efficiency in industrial processes: Successful cases in polymer processing Omar Estrada, Iván D. López, Alexander Hernández, Juan C. Ortíz PII: S0959-6526(17)32939-6 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.009 Reference: JCLP 11404 To appear in: Journal of Cleaner Production Received Date: 28 April 2017 Revised Date: 29 November 2017 Accepted Date: 1 December 2017 Please cite this article as: Estrada O, López IváD, Hernández A, Ortíz JC, Energy gap method (EGM) to increase energy efficiency in industrial processes: Successful cases in polymer processing, Journal of Cleaner Production (2018), doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.009. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.