Simulation and optimization of material and energy flow systems
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Material flow analysis (MFA) becomes more and more an important instrument to support environmental protection and sustainable development. Often, a special approach, life-cycle assessment (LCA), is put on the same level with material flow analysis. Based on the industrial ecology or industrial metabolism paradigm (Fischer-Kowalski 1998, Fischer-Kowalski and Hüttler 1999), we interpret material flow analysis in a broader sense. That makes it possible to simulate, to analyze and, as a subsequent step, to optimize multi-product systems. This contribution shows how simulation and optimization can utilized in the field of material flow analysis. It can be shown that the different approaches are not alternatives. Rather, it is possible to combine them in order to provide a flexible MFA tool-chain. ©2009 IEEE.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2009 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Publisher | IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Publication date | 01.12.2009 |
| Pages | 1444-1455 |
| Article number | 5429292 |
| ISBN (print) | 978-1-4244-5770-0 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-1-4244-5771-7, 978-1-4244-5772-4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 01.12.2009 |
| Event | 42nd Winter Simulation Conference - WSC 2009: Energy Alternatives - Austin Duration: 13.01.2009 → 16.01.2009 Conference number: 42 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5429642 |
- Sustainability sciences, Communication
- Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics - Industrial ecology, Industrial metabolism, Life-cycle assessments, Material and energy flows, Material flow analysis, Multi-product systems, Simulation and optimization