Conceptual modeling to optimize the haul and transfer of municipal solid waste

Komilis, Dimitrios

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2007.11.004

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“…The depreciated unit investment costs shown in Figure 6b are comparable to the cost figures presented in Komilis (2008) for 8 WTS in Western Macedonia. Komilis (2008) had recorded a range of depreciated investment costs from €2/t to €7/t (after conversion to 2012 prices).…”

Section: Materials Recycling Facilities (Mrfs)supporting

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Full cost accounting on existing and future municipal solid waste management facilities in Greece

2014

Issue 4

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In this work, we performed a detailed full cost accounting for 7 types of existing and planned municipal solid waste management facilities (sanitary landfills, anaerobic digestion, biodrying, incineration, aerobic mechanical and biological, material recovery and waste transfer stations) in Greece. We used investment costs (IC), operating costs (OC) and future (restoration) costs (FC) to calculate the actual total unit cost (€/t) of the above types of facilities in 2012 prices. Mathematical cost functions were developed to describe the total cost (€/t) as a function of the MSW input rate (t/y). Actual data from several operating facilities in Greece were used, as well as estimated costs from facilities that are planned or are under construction in Greece. Results showed that the sanitary landfills follow the economy of scale with an average total unit cost of €45/t. The unit cost of the planned anaerobic digestion facilities ranged from €50 to €104/t. The biodrying facilities' unit cost ranged from €48 to €138/t, whilst the sole MSW incineration facility was found to have a unit cost of €115/t. Aerobic MBT facilities did not follow the economy of scale. The average total unit cost from 23 MRFs was €32/t. The depreciated investment cost of 18 waste transfer stations (WTS) ranged from €0.5/t to €28/t.

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“…Komilis (2008) had recorded a range of depreciated investment costs from €2/t to €7/t (after conversion to 2012 prices). …”

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Full cost accounting on existing and future municipal solid waste management facilities in Greece

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“…It has the capability to handle and simulate necessary data gathered from various sources. It combines spatial data (maps, aerial photographs and satellite images) with quantitative, qualitative and descriptive information databases, which can support a wide range of spatial queries such as showing the least cost path or the shortest path to the disposal site 14 . All these factors have made GIS an essential tool for location studies, especially for disposal sitting using multicriteria decision analysis 15 .…”

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Geospatial Multicriteria Approach for Solid Waste Disposal Site Selection in Dehradun City, India

Krishna¹,

Pandey²,

Karnatak³

2017

Current Science

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Solid waste generation is increasing rapidly in urban areas of India as well as globally. As land resources for waste disposal are limited in highly populated countries like India, identification of solid waste disposal sites in urban centres is a challenging task, as this involves physical, socio-economic and environmental factors. Dehradun, the capital city of Uttarakhand at present has only one disposal site which is not having good spatial accessibility for all the locations in the city and also it is an environmentally vulnerable site. The present study aims to find suitable sites for decentralized solid waste disposal using geospatial techniques with multi spatio-temporal remote sensing data. A geospatial multicriteria analysis was performed with weighted overlay technique by considering various criteria such as physical, social and demographic aspects of the city for locating the solid waste disposal site(s).

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“…In general, a waste collection process, collected waste is sent to transfer stations by collection trucks and shipped to landfills by semi-trailers (Komilis, 2008). In this problem, there is a set of urban areas that generate waste every day.…”

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Locating incineration facilities to minimize environmental effects and visual pollution in Tehran mega city

Fazeli¹,

Jabbarzadeh²,

Jabalameli³

2017

10.5267/j.uscm

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Municipal solid waste management is one of the main challenges in mega cities. Consequences of landfilling and importance of using alternative energies contribute to the popularity of incineration facilities for city authorities. This article tries to determine the location and allocation decisions on landfills and incineration facilities regarding social and environmental effects. The proposed model minimizes revenue of selling recovered energy and minimizes visual pollution impacts. In addition, the environmental impacts of incineration and landfilling operations are considered as part of constraints. Using the data of Tehran's waste management organization, numerical results show the number of active transfer stations and traffic reduce leading to an increase on waste collection network's efficiency. The results also show a decrease on the landfilling and the amount of hazardous methane emissions as well as an improvement on power and heat energy recovery.Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 7

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Conceptual modeling to optimize the haul and transfer of municipal solid waste

Cited by 41 publications

References 15 publications

Full cost accounting on existing and future municipal solid waste management facilities in Greece

Full cost accounting on existing and future municipal solid waste management facilities in Greece

Geospatial Multicriteria Approach for Solid Waste Disposal Site Selection in Dehradun City, India

Locating incineration facilities to minimize environmental effects and visual pollution in Tehran mega city

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