Feasibility study to build a de-inking plant in northern Virginia

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dc.contributor.authorLowe, Douglas Edwinen
dc.contributor.committeechairReasor, Roderick J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBlanchard, Benjamin S. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHarmon, L. Kenneth Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:31:51Zen
dc.date.adate2010-03-17en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:31:51Zen
dc.date.issued1993-02-05en
dc.date.rdate2010-03-17en
dc.date.sdate2010-03-17en
dc.description.abstractThe systems engineering process has been applied to determine the feasibility of building a de-inking plant in Northern Virginia. This plant will recycle old newspapers and magazines into newsprint to be used by a local newspaper company in the production of their daily newspaper. A needs analysis establishes the local newspaper company's desire to obtain a reliable source of one-hundred percent recycled newsprint at a competitive cost. The analysis proposes building a de-inking plant to produce the required quantity and quality of recycled newsprint required to fulfill the local newspaper company's production needs. The analysis applies the engineering process to develop the system's high-level operational and maintenance requirements. This process establishes a system configuration used to evaluate the system's economic feasibility. The results of this analysis indicate that the de-inking plant system is feasible within the available technology and economic resources. The de-inking plant can provide a reliable source of 100% recycled paper at a cost that is below the present cost for similar recycled newsprint.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 76 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03172010-020109en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03172010-020109/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41650en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1993.L694.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28011507en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1993.L694en
dc.subject.lcshNewsprint -- Recycling -- Virginiaen
dc.subject.lcshResource recovery facilities -- Virginia -- Designen
dc.titleFeasibility study to build a de-inking plant in northern Virginiaen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSystems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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