A network flow model for the performance evaluation and design of material separation systems for recycling

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-75

  Wolf, Malima Isabelle ^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

Automation; optimization; recycling; separation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MATERIALS; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; HIGHLY INTEGRATED; INDUSTRIAL BENEFITS; MATERIAL COST; MATERIAL MIXTURE; MATERIAL RECOVERY; MATERIAL RECYCLING; MATERIAL SEPARATION; MULTI-STAGE SEPARATION; MULTISTAGE SYSTEM; NETWORK FLOW MODEL; OPTIMAL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RECYCLING SYSTEMS; SEPARATION SYSTEMS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

AUTOMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84871733882     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2012.2203594     Document Type: Article

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