Water Consumption Reduction Strategies In Recycled Paper Production Companies In Iran
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چکیده
A close relation exist between Forest products industries and water cycle. Water as a natural resource is assumed to be a necessary and vital element in pulp and paper manufacturing and power generation in the related power plants. The objective of the current study is to determine the main factors affecting the water consumption in recycled paper manufacturing companies using analytical hierarchy process (AHP). Several questionnaires and related tables were forwarded to selected recycled paper manufacturing companies to evaluate the water reduction criteria in different sectors including manufacturing process, final product, raw material, human resources, costs and expenditures, environmental regulations and technical modifications. The results were analyzed by Expert Choice 2000 software. The results indicated that 'final product" criterion was ranked first following by manufacturing process, human resources, costs and expenditures, environmental regulations and technical modifications, respectively. Also among alternatives, final product, cooling water network, and water storage tanks were categorized in the first three priorities. The specified priorities would assist the managers and production experts to achieve the optimized water consumption with minimum possible cost.
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