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METAL FINISHING FACILITY POLLUTION PREVENTION TOOL (MFFPPT)
Citation:
Barrett**, W M. AND P F. Harten*. METAL FINISHING FACILITY POLLUTION PREVENTION TOOL (MFFPPT). Presented at ORD Science Forum, Wasahington, DC, April 01 - 02, 2002.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
The Metal Finishing Facility Pollution Tool (MFFPPT) is being developed to allow the metal finishing industry an easy method to evaluate potential pollution prevention options. In order to reduce the quantity of pollutants generated by a process, the sources of pollutants within a process must be identified and effects of process variables on pollution generation must be understood. For this reason, EPA is developing a computer-based metal finishing process simulator. The simulation can be used to model the quantity and composition of waste streams, and these models can be used to analyze the effect of process modifications on waste generation. The ultimate goal of the program is to enable the user to evaluate the process to analyze any of a number of factors, including quantity and composition of wastes generated, cost/benefit anaysis of waste reduction processes, and/or life cycle analysis of the metal finishing process.