Integrated method for planning waste management based on the material flow analysis and life cycle assessment

Autor: Vladyslav Bendiuh, Liudmyla Markina, Nataliia Matsai, Iryna Kyrpychova, Sergii Boichenko, Serhii Priadko, Iryna Shkilniuk, Bohdana Komarysta, Iryna Yermakovych, Oleh Vlasenko
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies. 1:6-18
ISSN: 1729-4061
1729-3774
DOI: 10.15587/1729-4061.2023.273930
Popis: This paper gives a solution to the problem of improving a solid waste management system through the integration of two systemic methodologies: material flow analysis and life cycle assessment. The proposed method serves to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of various waste management measures. The study was carried out with the detailing of the anaerobic digestion process since it is this recycling technology that plays a key role in reducing the amount of waste along with the production of renewable energy and in reducing the adverse effects on the external environment. Simulation of changes in waste properties in a certain processing sequence was carried out in order to obtain reliable information for further optimization of the system. The proposed modeling of waste treatment processes based on their constituent equations made it possible to adequately reflect the impact of changes in working conditions on all subsequent output flows. The analysis of material flows for an enterprise of mechanical and biological treatment of waste is presented and the use of the model in the context of the process of anaerobic digestion of household waste is illustrated. It was found that anaerobic digestion potentially makes it possible to obtain 4.1Gj of biogas energy from 1HSW, which corresponds to 460kWh of electricity and 2060MJ of heat. The developed method is based on a combination of analysis of material flows and life cycle assessment. The method acts as a tool for comparing alternative technologies and waste management scenarios. In the future, it can serve to support waste management decisions at both the strategic and operational levels
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