Download or read book Integration of GIS and Facility Location Optimization Tools for Municipal Solid Waste Management Planning written by Christos D. Panagiotakopoulos and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advances in Waste Management written by Ajay S. Kalamdhad and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents some of the latest technologies in waste management, and emphasizes the benefits that can be gained from the use of recycled products. Divided into four sections, it deals with phytoremediation, acquatic weed management and the treatment of solid- and water-based wastes, such as those arising from agricultural, industrial and medical activities. With its special emphasis on the utilization of recycled products, this volume will be of interest to students, academicians, policy makers and others who have a practical and academic interest in dealing with the waste society generates.
Download or read book IMDC IST 2021 written by Abd-Alhameed Raed and published by European Alliance for Innovation. This book was released on 2022-01-26 with total page 1790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Integrated Sciences and Technologies (IMDC-IST-2021). Where held on 7th–9th Sep 2021 in Sakarya, Turkey. This conference was organized by University of Bradford, UK and Southern Technical University, Iraq. The papers in this conference were collected in a proceedings book entitled: Proceedings of the second edition of the International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: “Integrated Sciences and Technologies” (IMDC-IST-2021). The presentation of such a multi-discipline conference provides a lot of exciting insights and new understanding on recent issues in terms of Green Energy, Digital Health, Blended Learning, Big Data, Meta-material, Artificial-Intelligence powered applications, Cognitive Communications, Image Processing, Health Technologies, 5G Communications. Referring to the argument, this conference would serve as a valuable reference for future relevant research activities. The committee acknowledges that the success of this conference are closely intertwined by the contributions from various stakeholders. As being such, we would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to the keynote speakers, invited speakers, paper presenters, and participants for their enthusiastic support in joining the second edition of the International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: “Integrated Sciences and Technologies” (IMDC-IST-2021). We are convinced that the contents of the study from various papers are not only encouraged productive discussion among presenters and participants but also motivate further research in the relevant subject. We appreciate for your enthusiasm to attend our conference and share your knowledge and experience. Your input was important in ensuring the success of our conference. Finally, we hope that this conference serves as a forum for learning in building togetherness and academic networks. Therefore, we expect to see you all at the next IMDC-IST.
Download or read book Advances in Intelligent Manufacturing and Service System Informatics written by Zekâi Şen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises the proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Service Systems 2023. The contents of this volume focus on recent technological advances in the field of artificial intelligence in manufacturing & service systems including machine learning, autonomous control, bioinformatics, human-artificial intelligence interaction, digital twin, robotic systems, sybersecurity, etc. This volume will prove a valuable resource for those in academia and industry.
Download or read book Application of Geographic Information System in Solid Waste Management written by Elsai Mati Asefa and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The application of geographic information systems (GIS) to solid waste management (SWM) has been widely adopted in many cities around the world. Planning a sustainable waste management approach is complex, tedious, and time-consuming, and decision-makers are frequently subjected to conflicting factors. GIS has a crucial role in simplifying and facilitating the implementation of sustainable SWM. It is a powerful tool that can assist in minimizing value conflicts among preference and interest parties by providing better information. In this chapter, the basic principles of how GIS is utilized in SWM planning are discussed. The first few sections deal with sustainable SWM planning, its challenges, and problems with the poor performance of its planning. Furthermore, the principles of GIS, how it evolved in SWM, and its integration with multi-criteria evaluation were discussed. The final sections deal with the application of GIS in waste collection optimization and waste disposal planning. The primary aim of this chapter is, therefore, to aid decision-makers in the field so that they can apply it to the daily challenges of SWM.
Download or read book Integrated Waste Management written by Sunil Kumar and published by IntechOpen. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports research on policy and legal issues, anaerobic digestion of solid waste under processing aspects, industrial waste, application of GIS and LCA in waste management, and a couple of research papers relating to leachate and odour management.
Download or read book Advances in Theoretical and Computational Energy Optimization Processes written by Ferdinando Salata and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paradigm in the design of all human activity that requires energy for its development must change from the past. We must change the processes of product manufacturing and functional services. This is necessary in order to mitigate the ecological footprint of man on the Earth, which cannot be considered as a resource with infinite capacities. To do this, every single process must be analyzed and modified, with the aim of decarbonising each production sector. This collection of articles has been assembled to provide ideas and new broad-spectrum contributions for these purposes.
Download or read book Development of a Decision Support Tool for Planning Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in India written by Dhivya Ravikumar and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waste management is a significant challenge for India. The Indian waste landscape is changing rapidly as the population grows, the composition of the waste generated evolves, the extent of waste segmentation changes and the technologies available to collect and process waste improve. Many solutions have been proposed for dealing with the mixed waste but the most appropriate solution for a particular context is difficult to quantify. Thus, decisions are often made without considering the long-term economic, environmental or social consequences. The present work focuses on helping Indian cities improve collection, transportation and treatment of waste by developing a GIS-based decision support tool that assesses the cost effectiveness and efficiency of collection strategies, treatment technologies and system configurations. The tool considers the unique elements of a city including the demographics, waste composition, scale, existing infrastructure for waste collection and treatment and potential for implementing new technologies. Understanding the prevailing waste management architecture of these cities is vital in designing systems which adapt to meet the needs of the growing population with changing aspirations and consumer behavior. There is a lack of bottom-up data on the composition and volumes of waste in India. Our data-driven decision-making approach combines baseline data collection through waste audits with a systems optimization modeling approach. By using the tool to evaluate the economic, environmental and social impact of different technology configurations at varying scales, we are able to quantify the expected performance associated with different architectures. The decision support tool can be used to find the minimum cost waste configuration that considers both environmental GHG emissions and employment, by constructing trade-off graphs between competing goals. A compromise solution that satisfies competing goals is obtained at the turning point of the trade-off graphs. We also test the feasibility of improving the segregation rate in Muzaffarnagar and the impact segregation policies have on the metrics of the waste system. From the waste audits, we see that Indian households have a high composition of organic waste and waste generation increases with income level. By implementing a weekly feedback social incentive mechanism, we see that the segregation rate of organic waste by households increases to nearly twice than those households that were given no feedback. The tool shows that as the segregation rate of the city increases, the costs and GHG emissions reduce, while the employment of the waste system increases. The level of centralization of the system reduces as the level of segregation of waste increases, that is, the system moves towards smaller scale processing plants instead of large scale centralized plants.
Download or read book Sustainable Solid Waste Management written by Ni-Bin Chang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the application of system analysis techniques with case studies to help readers learn how the techniques can be applied, how the problems are solved, and which sustainable management strategies can be reached.
Download or read book Soft Computing Techniques in Solid Waste and Wastewater Management written by Rama Karri and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soft Computing Techniques in Solid Waste and Wastewater Management is a thorough guide to computational solutions for researchers working in solid waste and wastewater management operations. This book covers in-depth analysis of process variables, their effects on overall efficiencies, and optimal conditions and procedures to improve performance using soft computing techniques. These topics coupled with the systematic analyses described will help readers understand various techniques that can be effectively used to achieve the highest performance. In-depth case studies along with discussions on applications of various soft-computing techniques help readers control waste processes and come up with short-term, mid-term and long-term strategies. Waste management is an increasingly important field due to rapidly increasing levels of waste production around the world. Numerous potential solutions for reducing waste production are underway, including applications of machine learning and computational studies on waste management processes. This book details the diverse approaches and techniques in these fields, providing a single source of information researchers and industry practitioners. It is ideal for academics, researchers and engineers in waste management, environmental science, environmental engineering and computing, with relation to environmental science and waste management. Provides a comprehensive reference on the implementation of soft computing techniques in waste management, drawing together current research and future implications Includes detailed algorithms used, enabling authors to understand and appreciate potential applications Presents relevant case studies in solid and wastewater management that show real-world applications of discussed technologies
Download or read book DSS 2 0 Supporting Decision Making With New Technologies written by G.E. Phillips-Wren and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in technology have resulted in new and advanced methods to support decision-making. For example, artificial intelligence has enabled people to make better decisions hrough the use of Intelligent Decision Support Systems (DSS). Emerging research in DSS demonstrates that decision makers can operate in a more timely manner using real-time data, more accurately due to data mining and 'big data' methods, more strategically by considering a greater number of factors, more precisely and inclusively due to the availability of social networking data, and with a wider media reach with video and audio technology._x000D_ _x000D_This book presents the proceedings of the IFIP TC8/Working Group 8.3 conference held at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France, in June 2014. Throughout its history the conference has aimed to present the latest innovations and achievements in Decision Support Systems. This year the conference looks to the next generation with the theme of new technologies to enable DSS2.0. The topics covered include theoretical, empirical and design science research; case-based approaches in decision support systems; decision models in the real-world; healthcare information technology; decision making theory; knowledge management; knowledge and resource discovery; business intelligence; group decision support systems; collaborative decision making; analytics and ‘big data’; rich language for decision support; multimedia tools for DSS; Web 2.0 systems in decision support; context-based technologies for decision making; intelligent systems and technologies in decision support; organizational decision support; research methods in DSS 2.0; mobile DSS; competing on analytics; and social media analytics._x000D_ _x000D_ The book will be of interest to all those who develop or use Decision Support Systems. The variety of methods and applications illustrated by this international group of carefully reviewed papers should provide ideas and directions for future researchers and practitioners alike.
Download or read book Decision Maker s Guide to Solid Waste Management written by Philip R. O'Leary and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Guide has been developed particularly for solid waste management practitioners, such as local government officials, facility owners and operators, consultants, and regulatory agency specialists. Contains technical and economic information to help these practitioners meet the daily challenges of planning, managing, and operating municipal solid waste (MSW) programs and facilities. The Guide's primary goals are to encourage reduction of waste at the source and to foster implementation of integrated solid waste management systems that are cost-effective and protect human health and the environment. Illustrated.
Download or read book A Robust Optimization Approach to Solid Waste Collection Planning written by Maryam Nikouei Mehr and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to population expansion and economic development, municipal solid waste management has become a critical issue. Organizations spend large sums each year for their waste disposal. The University of Missouri has its solid waste serviced by the City of Columbia. In this thesis, we develop a robust optimization approach to support solid waste collection planning at University of Missouri. The aim of this study is minimizing the cost of the university`s annual solid waste disposal contract. In this research we try to choose the best locations for waste collection, assign waste generators to the potential collection centers, and determine the desired service frequency at collection sites. We solve the problem with two methods. First a deterministic model is proposed that considers a single point estimate for all input data. Then since the frequency of service at certain receptacle types was observed to vary in historical data, a robust optimization model is considered to find preferred solutions. GAMS/ CPLEX software is used to solve the model under different scenarios and identify potential waste collection network designs.
Download or read book Multicriteria Decision Analysis in Geographic Information Science written by Jacek Malczewski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for the GIS Science and Decision Science communities. It is primarily targeted at postgraduate students and practitioners in GIS and urban, regional and environmental planning as well as applied decision analysis. It is also suitable for those studying and working with spatial decision support systems. The main objectives of this book are to effectivley integrate Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) into Geographic Information Science (GIScience), to provide a comprehensive account of theories, methods, technologies and tools for tackling spatial decision problems and to demonstrate how the GIS-MCDA approaches can be used in a wide range of planning and management situations.
Download or read book Municipal Landfill Leachate Management written by Maryam Pazoki and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is divided into seven chapters, which address various leachate landfill management issues such as the quality, quantity and management of municipal landfill leachate, together with new methods. There are many methods available for the treatment and management of municipal landfill leachate. The waste management methods presented here can be applied in most third-world countries, due to the lack of waste separation and high organic content of waste. The book provides descriptions and a hierarchy of waste management, reviews the history of solid waste disposal, and covers a range of topics, including: leachate and gas generation in landfills; natural attenuation landfills; landfill site selection; leachate and stormwater management, collection and treatment; landfill gas management; landfill cover requirements; leachate collection; types of natural treatment systems; and design procedure and considerations. In closing, it provides an overview of the current solid waste management status in Iran.
Download or read book Development of a Decision Making Framework for Solid Waste Management Using GIS based Site Selection and an Economic Comparison written by Md. Mohib-Ul-Haque Khan and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of the major challenging issues for various global jurisdictions. MSW generation and disposal rates are increasing worldwide along with increased population and urbanization. Limited landfill capacity and long-term environmental issues associated with landfilling (e.g., landfill gas emission and leachate generation) have led to a need to consider sustainable alternatives for MSW use and disposal. Two of the most important issues associated with waste conversion facility building are optimal site location and economic feasibility. The overall objective of this research is to: (1) develop a methodology for waste conversion facility site selection and (2) create a generic decision-making model that can be used by county planners to make waste conversion facility decisions incorporating economic and social parameters. Siting a solid waste-to-energy (WTE) facility requires an assessment of solid waste availability as well as compliance with environmental, social, and economic factors. There are some important parameters (e.g., location and amount of available waste, soil type, etc.) that should be considered when siting WTE facilities. These parameters do not have equal weight. In the first part of this study, six different waste management scenarios were studied with three different weights used. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used to assign weights to the parameters. Both waste availability amount-dependent and waste availability amount-independent studies were carried out. The purpose of the second part of this study is to develop a framework to help compare the costs of different waste management scenarios. A user-friendly model was developed that allows the user to input different waste availability details and other variables (i.e., cost of biofuel, cost of electricity, etc.). Ten waste management scenarios were compared based on either gate fee or internal rate of return. These scenarios are: (i) gasification (producing biofuel), (ii) gasification (producing electricity), (iii) anaerobic digestion, (iv) composting, (v) new landfill, (vi) gasification (producing biofuel) integrated with anaerobic digestion, (vii) gasification (producing electricity) integrated with anaerobic digestion, (viii) gasification (producing biofuel) integrated with composting, and (ix) gasification (producing electricity) integrated with composting. A sensitivity analysis was conducted to assess the impact of changes in the values of different parameters. For this research, a case study of Parkland County was conducted. For this case study, at 10% IRR and a waste availability of 25,000-50,000 tonne/year, composting is the cheapest solution (77 -86 $/tonne gate fee), and for a waste availability of 50,000-150,000 tonne/year, a gasification (producing electricity) facility integrated with composting is the cheapest solution with a gate fee of 42 -77 $/tonne. Moreover, as incentives (from government or other parties) increase for waste-to-energy scenarios, these scenarios become cheaper. As capital investment incentives increase, the facility owner's capital investment decreases.
Download or read book Municipal Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific Islands written by Agamuthu Pariatamby and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solid waste management issues, technologies and challenges are dynamic. More so, in developing and transitory nations in Asia. This book, written by Asian experts in solid waste management, explores the current situation in Asian countries including Pacific Islands. There are not many technical books of this kind, especially dedicated to this region of the world. The chapters form a comprehensive, coherent investigation in municipal solid waste (MSW) management, including, definitions used, generation, sustainable waste management system, legal framework and impacts on global warming. Several case studies from Asian nations are included to exemplify the real situation experienced. Discussions on MSW policy in these countries and their impacts on waste management and minimization (if any) are indeed an eye-opener. Undoubtedly, this book would be a pioneer in revealing the latest situation in the Asian region, which includes two of the world’s most dynamic nations in the economic growth. It is greatly envisaged to form an excellent source of reference in MSW management in Asia and Pacific Islands. This book will bridge the wide gap in available information between the developed and transitory/developing nations.
