Date of Award
1996
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Keywords
Engineering, Industrial.
Supervisor
Dutta, S. P.
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
A Framework for decision making in the foundry industry on the lines of Life Cycle Assessment has been proposed. It attempts to provide a common normalised ground on which alternative technologies and options may be compared on the basis of economic costs and environmental effects. The framework estimates the total life cycle costs of sand in the foundry. Total life cycle costs is made up of two sub costs--economic cost and environmental cost. Individual cost components that make up these sub costs are calculated and added up. This cost structure is then used to compare processes in a Criterion Function Decision Matrix. Weights of the Criterion Variables are decided using the Analytical Hierarchy Process. The alternative with the minimum Criterion Function is judged the best. A Software using DELPHI was developed on basis of this framework.Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1996 .S23. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 37-01, page: 0338. Advisers: S. P. Dutta; M. Wang. Thesis (M.A.Sc.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1996.
Recommended Citation
Saha, Nandini., "A decision making framework for foundry sand using life cycle assessment and costing techniques." (1996). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 588.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/588