Performance evaluation of material separation in a material recovery facility using a network flow model
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Author(s)
Ip, Karine
Testa, Mariapaola
Raymond, Anne Glidden
Graves, Stephen C
Gutowski, Timothy G
Date Issued
April 2018
Journal
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Ip, Karine, Mariapaola Testa, Anne Raymond, Stephen C. Graves and Timothy Gutowski. "Performance evaluation of material separation in a material recovery facility using a network flow model." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 131 (April 2018): pp. 192-205.
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Abstract
In this paper, we model the recycling process for solid waste as performed in a material recovery facility. The intent is to 2 inform the design and evaluation of a material recovery facility (MRF) in order to increase its profit, efficiency and recovery rate. We 3 model the MRF as a multi-stage material separation process and develop a network flow model that evaluates the performance of the MRF through a system of linear equations. We estimate the parameters of the network flow model from historical data to find the best 5 fit. We validate the model using a case-study of a light-packaging recovery section of an MRF in Spain. Additionally, we examine how 6 uncertainty in the input material composition propagates through the system, and conduct a sensitivity analysis on the model parameters.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sloan School of Management
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.11.021
