Macro material flow modeling for analyzing solid waste management options [electronic resource].
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1993.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description
- Pages: (12 pages) : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- Pacific Northwest Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- A Macro Material Flow Modeling (MMFM) concept and approach are being adopted to develop a predictive modeling capability. This capability is intended to provide part of the basis for evaluating potential impacts from various solid waste management system configurations and operating scenarios, as well as evaluating the impacts of various policies on solid waste quantities and compositions. The MMFM capability, as part of a broader Solid Waste Initiative at Pacific Northwest Laboratory, is intended to provide an increased understanding of solid waste as a disposal, energy, and resource problem on a national and global scale, particularly over the long term. This model is a macro-level simulation of the flows of the various materials through the solid waste management system, and also through the associated materials production and use system. Inclusion of materials production and use within the modeling context allows a systems approach to be used, providing a much more complete understanding of the origins of the solid waste materials and also of possible options for materials recovery and reuse than if a more traditional end-of-pipe'' view of solid waste is adopted. The MMFM is expected to be useful in evaluating longer-term, broader-ranging solid waste impacts than are traditionally evaluated by decision-makers involved in implementing solutions to local or regional solid waste management problems. This paper discusses the types of questions of interest in evaluating long-term, broad-range impacts from solid waste. It then identifies the basic needs for predictive modeling capabilities like the MMFM, and provides a basic description of the conceptual framework for the model and the associated data. Status of the MMFM implementation is also discussed.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:pnl-sa-21415
E 1.99: conf-930647--7
conf-930647--7
pnl-sa-21415 - Subject(s)
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- Note
- Published through SciTech Connect.
06/01/1993.
"pnl-sa-21415"
" conf-930647--7"
"DE93017661"
86. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA), Denver, CO (United States), 13-18 Jun 1993.
Pennock, K.A.; Holter, G.M.; Shaver, S.R. - Funding Information
- AC06-76RL01830
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