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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title A dynamic probabilistic material flow modeling method
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Nikolaus A Bornhöft
  • Tian Yin Sun
  • Lorenz Hilty
  • Bernd Nowack
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Environmental Modelling & Software
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1364-8152
Volume 76
Page Range 69 - 80
Date 2016
Abstract Text Material flow modeling constitutes an important approach to predicting and understanding the flows of materials through the anthroposphere into the environment. The new “Dynamic Probabilistic Material Flow Analysis (DPMFA)” method, combining dynamic material flow modeling with probabilistic modeling, is presented in this paper. Material transfers that lead to particular environmental stocks are represented as systems of mass-balanced flows. The time-dynamic behavior of the system is calculated by adding up the flows over several consecutive periods, considering changes in the inflow to the system and intermediate delays in local stocks. Incomplete parameter knowledge is represented and propagated using Bayesian modeling. The method is implemented as a simulation framework in Python to support experts from different domains in the development of their application models. After the introduction of the method and its implementation, a case study is presented in which the framework is applied to predict the environmental concentrations of carbon nanotubes in Switzerland.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.11.012
Other Identification Number merlin-id:12985
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