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Material Reuse Modeling
Author(s) -
Keckler Sara E.,
Allen David T.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of industrial ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.377
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1530-9290
pISSN - 1088-1980
DOI - 10.1162/jiec.1998.2.4.79
Subject(s) - reuse , variety (cybernetics) , computer science , industrial ecology , environmental science , sustainability , engineering , waste management , ecology , biology , artificial intelligence
Summary The techniques of water distribution modeling, a well‐developed subject, have been applied to water management in an industrial park‐the Bayport chemical manufacturing complex in Houston, Texas in the United States. Linear and other mathematical programming approaches were used to evaluate water reuse opportunities for a variety of scenarios, including redesigning the industrial water use network, adding a facility to the network, limiting the total water available to the network, and varying the price of water rhe results of the modeling demonstrate that a number of economical water reuse opportunities may exist for this network of facilities. More generally, the types of mathematical models developed for water reuse may find application in reuse modeling for other materials.