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PAVLAS, M.
Original Title
Network Flow Models and Local Environmental Impacts
Type
abstract
Language
English
Original Abstract
Network flow models are considered a useful decision-supporting tool for processing infrastructure planning. There are various models for such plants and flow allocations. They differ in terms of complexity and demand on input data. Typically, the goal of the calculation is minimized cost or minimized environmental impacts. Sometimes both are combined within bi-objective functions. Whereas global environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas production are commonly used in objective functions, local environmental impacts tightly connected to human health are rare. The contribution introduces a new approach, where emissions and their dispersions are addressed in the network flow model for waste processing infrastructure planning. The approach extends the existing tool NERUDA. NERUDA proposes locations and capacities of waste-to-energy plants considering the production of waste not suitable for material recovery in 203 microregions of the Czech Republic. Collection areas of individual projects and transportation systems are proposed at the same time. The extended model calculates emissions produced in the waste-to-energy plants and saved in fossil-based utilities thanks to heat and power delivery from waste-to-energy first. Then these emissions are dispersed in the surrounding and resulting ground concentrations are interfered with the population exposed to these concentrations. Suitable criteria (human toxicity, disability-adjusted life years DALY, etc.) entering objective function will be discussed.
Keywords
NERUDA; Waste; Waste-to-energy; Emissions
Authors
Released
30. 8. 2021
Publisher
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly
Location
Volos, Greece
ISBN
2653-8911
Periodical
Book of Abstracts of the Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change Conference
Year of study
8
Number
1
State
Hellenic Republic
Pages from
7
Pages to
Pages count
URL
http://escc.uth.gr/
BibTex
@misc{BUT176753, author="Martin {Pavlas}", title="Network Flow Models and Local Environmental Impacts", year="2021", journal="Book of Abstracts of the Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change Conference", volume="8", number="1", pages="7--7", publisher="Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Thessaly", address="Volos, Greece", issn="2653-8911", url="http://escc.uth.gr/", note="abstract" }