Study on the Equity of He’nan Resource-Environment Based on Ecological Capacity

2013 ◽  
Vol 448-453 ◽  
pp. 810-817
Author(s):  
Qing Song Li ◽  
Su Jun Deng ◽  
Wen Bo Song ◽  
Qing Xiang Meng ◽  
Jing Ying Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Henan Province ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Security Level ◽  
Ecological Capacity ◽  
Waste Gas ◽  
The Gini Coefficient

The article made quantitative analysis of the fairness of resources environment 2007-2011 of He‘nan Province based on ecological capacity. The results show that (1) in recent 5years, the Gini Coefficient of the indicators based on ecological capacity is: solid waste>industrial waste gas>energy consumption>industrial waste water. And the Gini Coefficient of the first 3 is all > 0.4 which exceeds the international security level. There are great equity in solid waste, waste gas emission and energy consumption etc in the cities and areas of Henan province; (2) the 4 ecological load coefficient of Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Pingdingshan, Anyang, Hebi, Jiaozuo, Sanmenxia and Jiyuan are all>1. These cities and areas are the factors which caused the inequity of the energy consumption and pollutant emissions of Henan Province; (3) the inequity of the entire energy consumption and pollutant emissions of Henan Province are affected by the industrial spatial distributions. Equity and efficiency should be both considered and it should lay emphasis on the coordinated development of ecological economics.

scholarly journals The Linkage relationship between the development of secondary industry and environmental pollution: a case in Fujian

2020 ◽  
Vol 198 ◽  
pp. 04035
Author(s):  
GAO Ling ◽  
JIANG Wenting
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Linkage Relationship ◽  
Waste Gas ◽  
Dynamic Correlation ◽  
Industrial Solid Waste ◽  
Waste Production ◽  
Secondary Industry ◽  
Good Environment

Fujian is very wealthy in natural resources, which provides a good environment for social development and people’s life. However, with the development of economy, environmental pollution has become an importation problem in Fujian. In order to discuss the linkage relationship between economic development and environmental pollution, this paper selects the data of the secondary industry, industrial waste gas emissions, industrial waste water emissions and industrial solid waste production from 1995 to 2017 in Fujian, establishes the VAR model, explore the relationship between the development of secondary industry and environmental pollution. The results show that the association between the development of the secondary industry and environmental pollution is monotonously increasing. The industrial waste gas has become the main pollutant restricting the development of the secondary industry. Industrial solid waste has made the largest contribution to the development of the secondary industry, indicating a positive dynamic correlation.

scholarly journals SWAN platform: A web-based tool to support the development of industrial solid waste reuse business models

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2198941
Author(s):  
Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis ◽  
George Arampatzis ◽  
Tryfonas Pieri ◽  
Konstantina Solomou ◽  
Panagiotis Dedousis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid Waste ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Matching Algorithm ◽  
Waste Reuse ◽  
Industrial Solid Waste ◽  
Business Cases ◽  
Industrial Unit

The SWAN platform is an integrated suite of online resources and tools for assessing industrial symbiotic opportunities based on solid industrial waste reuse. It has been developed as a digital solid waste reuse platform and is already applied in four countries (Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Cyprus). The SWAN platform integrates a database with the spatial and technical characteristics of industrial solid waste producers and potential consumers, populated with data from these countries. It also incorporates an inventory of commercially implemented best practices on solid industrial waste reuse. The role of the SWAN platform is to facilitate the development of novel business cases. Towards this end, decision support services, based on a suitable matching algorithm, are provided to the registered users, helping them to identify and assess potential novel business models, based on solid waste reuse, either for an individual industrial unit (source/potential receiver of solid waste) or a specific region.

scholarly journals Economical Speed for Optimizing the Travel Time and Energy Consumption in Train Scheduling using a Fuzzy Multi-Objective Model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Reza Jafarian-Moghaddam
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Scheduling Problems ◽  
Train Scheduling ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Consumption Ratio ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Objective Model ◽  
Time And Energy

AbstractSpeed is one of the most influential variables in both energy consumption and train scheduling problems. Increasing speed guarantees punctuality, thereby improving railroad capacity and railway stakeholders’ satisfaction and revenues. However, a rise in speed leads to more energy consumption, costs, and thus, more pollutant emissions. Therefore, determining an economic speed, which requires a trade-off between the user’s expectations and the capabilities of the railway system in providing tractive forces to overcome the running resistance due to rail route and moving conditions, is a critical challenge in railway studies. This paper proposes a new fuzzy multi-objective model, which, by integrating micro and macro levels and determining the economical speed for trains in block sections, can optimize train travel time and energy consumption. Implementing the proposed model in a real case with different scenarios for train scheduling reveals that this model can enhance the total travel time by 19% without changing the energy consumption ratio. The proposed model has little need for input from experts’ opinions to determine the rates and parameters.

Assessment of wood industrial pollutants based on emission coefficients in China

Holzforschung ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
pp. 1071-1078
Author(s):  
Jie Chu ◽  
Anuj Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Water Discharge ◽  
Medium Density Fiberboard ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Waste Gas ◽  
Industrial Gases

AbstractThe implementation of circular economy in wood industries is an effective way for future sustainable development. The wood industries in China are not in the direction of circular economy approach due to less availability of assessment/calculation data of pollutants as per life cycle assessment (LCA) criteria. The present study focuses on the calculation of emission and pollutants from wood industries as per LCA; the emission and pollution data were collected from fiberboard Medium-density fiberboard (MDF), plywood and particleboard (PB) production. The comparative analysis of dust emissions, industrial waste gases and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were performed among three wood industries. The results revealed that the fiberboard industry was the highest emitter of dust, industrial waste gas and COD; and particleboard industry was the least emitter. Further, results indicated that pollutant index of wood industries were significantly changed between 2015 and 2017; the industrial waste water discharge increased five folds and the COD, dust and industrial gases increased two times. This study provides with the emission and pollutants data of wood industries as per LCA to promote the sustainable development for circular and low carbon economics.

scholarly journals Why We Should Use the Gini Coefficient to Assess Punctuated Equilibrium Theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Constantin Kaplaner ◽  
Yves Steinebach
Keyword(s):  
Policy Change ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Punctuated Equilibrium ◽  
Equilibrium Theory ◽  
Punctuated Equilibrium Theory ◽  
The Gini Coefficient ◽  
Precise Measure

Abstract Punctuated Equilibrium Theory posits that policy-making is generally characterized by long periods of stability that are interrupted by short periods of fundamental policy change. The literature converged on the measure of kurtosis and L-kurtosis to assess these change patterns. In this letter, we critically discuss these measures and propose the Gini coefficient as a (1) comparable, but (2) more intuitive, and (3) more precise measure of “punctuated” change patterns.

scholarly journals Traffic Light Priority for Trams in Warsaw as a Tool for Transport Policy and Reduction of Energy Consumption

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4180
Author(s):  
Andrzej Czerepicki ◽  
Tomasz Krukowicz ◽  
Anna Górka ◽  
Jarosław Szustek
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Fixed Time ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Computer Simulation Model ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Electric Energy Consumption ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Reduction Of Energy Consumption

The article presents an analysis of priority solutions for trams at a selected sequence of intersections in Warsaw (Poland). An analysis of the literature has shown the topicality of this issue. A computer simulation model of a coordinated sequence of intersections was constructed. Three test scenarios were designed: the existing control system, the new coordinated fixed-time control system, and the adaptive control system with active priority. In the simulation process, detailed travel characteristics of trams and other traffic participants in a selected section were obtained for the three varying scenarios. Electric energy consumption for traction needs and pollutant emissions was then estimated for each of the variants. It was concluded that for the analyzed configuration, implementation of the adaptive priority will result in a reduction of tram time losses by up to 25%, a reduction in energy consumption by up to 23%, and a reduction in the emission of pollutants from individual vehicles by up to 3% in relation to the original variant. The conducted research may be the basis for a comprehensive method of assessing the effectiveness of applying the adaptative priority when designing new tramway lines and modernizing the existing ones.

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