Thursday, November 8, 2007: 3:30 PM-6:00 PM
Room 155 C (Salt Palace Convention Center)

Topical E: Sustainability (TE)

#650 - Systems Analysis of Sustainability (TE005)
One of the most challenging research and practicing areas in sustainability is how to quantify and analyze the degree of sustainability of a system of interest. The Ecological Input-Output (EOI), Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), thermodynamic and computational approaches are among the examples that have demonstrated wide applications. This session is specifically devoted to both theoretical and practical contributions of those and possibly many other innovative methodologies for analyzing sustainability problems in a systematic way. Successful applications in industries as well as general environment will be particularly interested. Computer-aided tools for general application purpose will be also welcomed.
Chair:Arunprakash T. Karunanithi
CoChair:Kazuhiro Mochidzuki
3:30 PMEcologically Based Life Cycle Assessment
Yi Zhang, Anil Baral, Bhavik R. Bakshi
3:55 PMEvaluation of Sustainable Management Strategies for the Plating Industry Using Fuzzy Logic and Sensitivity Analysis
Cristina Piluso, Yinlun Huang
4:20 PMHierarchical Estimation of Sustainability-Potential: Application to the Manufacture of Vinyl Chloride
Tengyan Zhang, L. T. Fan, Jiahong Liu, John R. Schlup, Paul A. Seib Seib, Ferenc Friedler, Botond Bertok
4:45 PMCase Studies on Sustainable Environmental Management
Arunprakash T. Karunanithi, Heriberto Cabezas
5:10 PMAnalysis of Rice Refinery System in Mekong River Delta
Phan Dinh Tuan, Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, Nobuaki Sato, Akiyoshi Sakoda
5:35 PMA Framework for Optimal Utilization of Biomass Inputs in An Integrated Biorefinery
Norman E. Sammons Jr., Wei Yuan, Mario R. Eden, Burak Aksoy, Harry T. Cullinan

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