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- Title
Sustainability metrics and technical solution derivation for performance improvement of electroplating facilities.
- Authors
Siddiqui, Abdurrafay; Potoff, Rebecca; Huang, Yinlun
- Abstract
The electroplating industry has been highly environmentally regulated due to the use of a variety of hazardous or toxic chemicals and waste generation in various forms within and out of the workplace. Electroplating facilities, mostly small- and medium-sized, are also operated at a low profit margin. Thus, helping the facilities develop effective strategies for sustainable development becomes a focal point in the industry. In this paper, we introduce a sustainability metrics system specifically designed for the assessment of electroplating systems of any type and any production capacity. Using the metrics system, we formulate the sustainability assessment process and evaluate the sustainability performance of facilities and technology candidates, and a holistic solution method for identifying optimal technologies for the system's sustainability performance improvement. We take into account uncertainty in data and the relative improvement of sustainability based on technologies while using the analytical hierarchical process (AHP) for a more systematic and uniform way of determining weighting factors. The methodological efficacy is demonstrated through a case study on five electroplating facilities. The results show the economic, environmental, and social sustainability performances as well as technical solutions for the evaluation of seven technology sets for each facility. The results also show the practical applications of the assessment methodology such as the identification of the misallocation of funds or increases in profitability.
- Subjects
SUSTAINABILITY; ELECTROPLATING; HAZARDOUS wastes; SUSTAINABLE development; PROFIT margins; INDUSTRIAL capacity
- Publication
Clean Technologies & Environmental Policy, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 6, p1825
- ISSN
1618-954X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10098-023-02696-9