Simultaneous Evaluation of Environmental Impact and Incurred Cost on Selection of End-Of-Life Products Recovery Options

Susumu Okumura; Yuuki Matsumoto; Yuji Hatanaka; Kazunori Ogohara

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IJAT Vol.10 No.5 pp. 699-707

doi: 10.20965/ijat.2016.p0699

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Simultaneous Evaluation of Environmental Impact and Incurred Cost on Selection of End-Of-Life Products Recovery Options

Susumu Okumura^,†, Yuuki Matsumoto^, Yuji Hatanaka^, and Kazunori Ogohara^***

^*Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, University of Shiga Prefecture
2500 Hassaka, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan

^†Corresponding author

^**Division of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Shiga Prefecture, Shiga, Japan

^***Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Shiga Prefecture, Shiga, Japan

Received:

March 29, 2016

Accepted:

August 15, 2016

Published:

September 5, 2016

Keywords:

product recovery, end-of-life (EOL) option, reuse, recycling, disposal

Abstract

Conventional production and consumption systems, in which industrial products are manufactured, consumed, and then finally disposed, have significant environmental impacts. Reusing and recycling product components in the manufacture of industrial products has recently become popular as an effective way of conserving natural resources. In this study, we propose a method to assign each product component a reasonable end-of-life (EOL) option (reuse, recycling, and disposal) in the product design phase. We develop a method, in which a product tree is generated by a multi-agent system, to determine EOL options considering component combinations based on environmental impact and incurred cost. In addition, we optimize the disassembly level for better reuse and recycling. The proposed determination method of EOL options for components in a product is justified by numerical examples using an inkjet printer.

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S. Okumura, Y. Matsumoto, Y. Hatanaka, and K. Ogohara, “Simultaneous Evaluation of Environmental Impact and Incurred Cost on Selection of End-Of-Life Products Recovery Options,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.10 No.5, pp. 699-707, 2016.

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Simultaneous Evaluation of Environmental Impact and Incurred Cost on Selection of End-Of-Life Products Recovery Options

Susumu Okumura*,†, Yuuki Matsumoto**, Yuji Hatanaka***, and Kazunori Ogohara***

Susumu Okumura^,†, Yuuki Matsumoto^, Yuji Hatanaka^, and Kazunori Ogohara^***