Modeling and design of multi-stage separation systems

Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wolf, Malima I ^a   Colledani, Marcello ^b   Gershwin, Stanley B ^a   Gutowski, Timothy G ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Recycling; Separation; Sustainability; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FLAKES; BAYESIAN; BEVERAGE CONTAINERS; BINARY SEPARATION; DESIGN DECISIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MASS FLOW RATE; MATERIAL COST; MATERIAL MIXTURE; MATERIAL RECOVERY; MATERIAL RECYCLING; MULTI-STAGE SEPARATION; NETWORK MODELS; OPTIMAL CONFIGURATIONS; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; RECYCLING INDUSTRY; RECYCLING SYSTEMS; SEPARATION PROCESS; SUSTAINABILITY; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; SYSTEM ENGINEERING; SYSTEM SEPARATION;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BEVERAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRY; MATERIALS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

RECYCLING;

EID: 77955117638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2010.5507744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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