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Cyber-physical systems in the re-use, refurbishment and recycling of used electrical and electronic equipment

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posted on 2017-09-22, 10:00 authored by Richard Sharpe, Paul GoodallPaul Goodall, Aaron Neal, Paul ConwayPaul Conway, Andrew WestAndrew West
The aim of the research outlined in this paper is to demonstrate the implementation of a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) within the End of Life (EoL) processing of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE). The described system was created by reviewing related areas of research, capturing stakeholder’s requirements, designing system components and then implementing within an actual EoL EEE processer. The research presented in this paper details user requirements, relevant to any EoL EEE processer, and provides information of the challenges and benefits of utilising CPSs systems within this domain. The system implemented allowed an EoL processer to attach passive Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to cores (i.e. mobile phones and other IT assets) upon entry to the facility allowing monitoring and control of the core’s refurbishment. The CPS deployed supported the processing and monitoring requirements of PAS 141:2011, a standard for the correct refurbishment of both used and waste EEE for reuse. The implemented system controls how an operator can process a core, informing them which process or processes should be followed based upon the quality of the core, the recorded results of previous testing and any repair efforts. The system provides Human-Computer Interfaces (HCIs) to aid the user in recording core and process information which is then used to make decisions on the additional processes required. This research has contributed to the knowledge of the advantages and challenges of CPS development, specifically within the EoL domain, and documents future research goals to aid EoL processing through more advanced decision support on a core’s processes.

Funding

This work was supported by Innovate UK for the funding of project “INTELLICO” and EPSRC for the project “AIIM” [grant reference EP/K014137/1].

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School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volume

170

Pages

351-361

Citation

SHARPE, R. ... et al, 2017. Cyber-physical systems in the re-use, refurbishment and recycling of used electrical and electronic equipment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 170, pp. 351-361.

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Elsevier © The Authors

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Acceptance date

2017-09-08

Publication date

2017-09-14

Copyright date

2018

Notes

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Elsevier under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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0959-6526

Language

  • en

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