Hazardous waste disposal: A waste-fuel blending approach

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Flowers, AD; Linderman, K
• 署名单位: University System of Ohio; Case Western Reserve University; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• 刊物名称: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1059-1478
• 发表日期: 2003
• 页码: 307-319
• 关键词: Environmental regulation; Waste management; fuel blending; goal programming; microcomputer applications

摘要

The disposal of hazardous wastes creates major economic and environmental problems. One productive use of hazardous wastes is to blend them into fuel, which mitigates damage to the environment by recycling waste into fuel and reducing fossil-fuel consumption. Operations personnel face a daunting task of efficiently blending hazardous waste into fuel, while simultaneously maintaining environmental regulatory requirements. This research develops a goal-programming approach to the waste-fuel-blending process that considers the diverse objectives of fuel managers. A real-world case study at a cement kiln illustrates the effectiveness of this approach, where the implementation followed principles of learn building and quality management.