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Design of Marine Debris Removal System
Thomas Chrissley Morgan Yang Connor Maloy Anthony Mason
Context Analysis
Marine Debris – any persistent solid material that is manufactured or
processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally,
disposed of or abandoned in the marine environment
• Seven major types of debris:
• Plastic, metal, glass, paper, cloth, rubber, wood
• Other types are abandoned vessels and fishing gear
• Biggest impacts of marine debris:
• Wildlife harm, habitat damage, vessel damage, and economic loss
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Context Analysis
The sources of the debris are
either land or sea-based:
• 80% of the debris is land-based
• 20% of the debris is sea-based
(fishing vessels, oil rigs, cargo
ships, and cruise ships)
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2016/12/world/midway-plastic-island/
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Context Analysis
• Movement of the debris is affected by wind, ocean currents, and gyres
• A gyre is a large system of rotating currents that spiral around a central point. There are five major gyres in the world:
• North and South Subtropical Pacific
• North and South Atlantic
• Indian
• The largest is the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, containing Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP)
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Context Analysis
• The Subtropical Convergence Zone (SCZ) is made up for four major ocean currents and is located between California, Hawaii, and China:
• North Pacific
• California
• North Equatorial
• Kuroshio
• The area this project focuses on is the Subtropical Convergence Zone
• 7 million square miles, which is approximately 3.8 billion football fields side by side
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White: Buoys Blue: Simulated particles
Stakeholder Analysis
Primary Stakeholder Risk Objective Conflict
Marine Environment Entanglement, ingestion, habitat destruction
Cleaner waters Harming wildlife when collecting debris
Fishing Industry Lower fish quality, reduced amount of fish to sell
Cleaner waters, healthier wildlife
Marine Transportation
Military Vessel damage, navigation hazard
Less blockage for vessels Vessel interference
Marine Transportation Vessel damage, navigation hazard
Clearer waters and shipping lanes
Insurance, fishing, harbors, resources
Competition Loss of profit Profit Expenses
Non-Profit Organizations
Lack of funding Cleaner waters Expenses
• “Tragedy of the Commons” • No stakeholder would stop
the cleanup
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Problem Statement
8 million tons of debris in the ocean [1]
• Exponentially increases by 10% each year
• About 80% of the total debris is plastic waste
Marine debris is harming the marine wildlife:
• Habitat damage, ingestion, food chain, and food supply
Marine transportation and fishing industry are negatively impacted:
• Vessel damage, navigation hazards, increased costs in maintenance
• Cost of $1.2 billion yearly to the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) members [2]
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Need Statement
• Mitigate the harmful effects of marine debris on the marine wildlife
• Debris must be removed from the ocean before irreversible damage
is done to the planet
• A need for a vessels to traverse the ocean collecting the marine
debris efficiently and safely
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Concept of Operations
• Deploy a vessel(s) in the vicinity of the marine debris such that it can
collect the debris efficiently
• Debris must then be retrieved and disposed of or repurposed
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Concept of Operations
• Deploy – Positions MDRS in a location within the SCZ
• Collect – Removes the marine debris from the marine environment
into a collection area
• Retrieve – Empties the debris from MDRS to transport it back to land
• Dispose – Recycles or disposes of the marine debris
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Requirements
1. MDRS shall focus on the surface debris - everything with 3
meters deep
2. MDRS shall produce no extra debris
3. MDRS shall not harm any pre-existing ecosystem
4. MDRS shall remove 150,000,000 kg per year
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Functional Requirements
1. MDRS shall deploy the system within the SCZ
2. MDRS shall collect the debris from the marine environment into a
collection area
3. MDRS shall retrieve the debris and transport it back to land
4. MDRS shall properly dispose of the debris
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Design - Technology Alternatives
Deploy Collect Retrieve Dispose
Fossil Fuel Propulsion
Vacuum Barge Landfills
Electric Propulsion
Conveyor Belts
Vessel Recycling
Ocean Currents
Propulsion
Nets - Incinerator
Wind and Ocean
Currents Propulsion
- - -
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Design Alternatives
• The proposed solution is Marine Debris Removal System with seven design
alternatives
• Alternatives 1-4 use technology that already exist, while alternatives 5-7 are
concepts developed for this project
1. Autonomous Vacuum (AV)
2. Barge with Autonomous Surface Vehicle (B-ASV)
3. Barge with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (B-UAV)
4. Vessel with Nets (VN)
5. Artificial Floating Island (AFI)
6. Artificial Floating Island with Sail (AFI-S)
7. Artificial Floating Island with Motor (AFI-M)
Exis
ting
New
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Design Alternatives Overview AV B-ASV B-UAV VN AFI AFI-S AFI-M
Deploy
Fossil Fuel
Electric
Ocean Current
Wind and Ocean Current
Collect
Vacuum
Conveyer Belt
Nets
Retrieve
Barge
Vessel
Dispose
Landfill
Recycle
Incinerators
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Autonomous Vacuum (AV)
Cost of one Alternative
Fleet Number
Life-cycle
Collection Method
Storage Method
Alternative Capacity
Rate of Removal
Alternative Charge Time
Alternative Operational Time
Maintenance Cost
Maintenance Time
Autonomous
Vessel Type
Vessel Cost
Vessel Operational Cost
Vessel Fuel Cost
Vessel Fuel Time
Total Alternative Lifecycle Cost
Units Dollars Number Years Technology Place Kilograms Kilograms
/Day Hours Hours
Dollars/Year
Hours Yes/No Type Dollars Dollars/Year
Dollars /Day
Hours Dollars/Lifecycle
AV $3,000,000 1 8 Vacuum AV
136,000
5,000 - 24 $30,000 10 Yes - - - - - $3,214,000
Deploy Electric propulsion
Collect Vacuum
Retrieve Vessel
Dispose Landfill, recycle, incinerators
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http://www.bluebird-electric.net/oceanography/Ocean_Plastic_International_Rescue/SeaVax_Ocean_Clean_Up_Robot_Drone_Ship_Sea_Vacuum.htm
Barge with Autonomous Surface Vehicles (B-ASV)
Cost of one Alternative
Fleet Number
Life-cycle
Collection Method
Storage Method
Alternative Capacity
Rate of Removal
Alternative Charge Time
Alternative Operational Time
Mainten-ance Cost
Mainten-ance Time
Autonomous
Vessel Type
Vessel Cost
Vessel Opera-tional Cost
Vessel Fuel Cost
Vessel Fuel Time
Total Alternative Lifecycle Cost
Units Dollars Number Years Technology Place Kilograms Kilograms
/Day Hours Hours
Dollars /Year
Hours Yes/No Type Dollars Dollars/Year
Dollars /Day
Hours Dollars/Lifecycle
B-ASV
$76,000 50 5 Vacuum Barge
500
270 12 3 $3,750 5 Yes Barge
$400,000
$4,000 - - $4,737,500
Deploy Electric propulsion
Collect Vacuum
Retrieve Barge
Dispose Landfill, recycle, incinerators
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http://www.popsci.com/waste-shark-is-garbage-collecting-sea-drone
Barge with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (B-UAV)
Cost of one Alternative
Fleet Number
Life-cycle
Collection Method
Storage Method
Alternative Capacity
Rate of Removal
Alternative Charge Time
Alternative Operational Time
Mainten-ance Cost
Mainten-ance Time
Autonomous
Vessel Type
Vessel Cost
Vessel Opera-tional Cost
Vessel Fuel Cost
Vessel Fuel Time
Total Alternative Lifecycle Cost
Units Dollars Number Years Technology Place Kilograms Kilograms
/Day Hours Hours
Dollars /Year
Hours Yes/No Type Dollars Dollars/Year
Dollars /Day
Hours Dollars/Lifecycle
B-UAV
$5,600 100 1 Net Barge
20
2,700 6 0.5 $280 3 Yes Barge
$400,000
$4,000 - - $588,000
Deploy Electric propulsion
Collect Nets
Retrieve Barge
Dispose Landfill, recycle, incinerators
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https://www.prodrone.jp/wpdir/wp-content/themes/prodrone/common/images/single/PD6-AW/04.jpg
Vessel with Nets (VN)
Cost of one Alternative
Fleet Number
Life-cycle
Collection Method
Storage Method
Alternative Capacity
Rate of Removal
Alternative Charge Time
Alternative Operational Time
Mainten-ance Cost
Mainten-ance Time
Autonomous
Vessel Type
Vessel Cost
Vessel Opera-tional Cost
Vessel Fuel Cost
Vessel Fuel Time
Total Alternative Lifecycle Cost
Units Dollars Number Years Technology Place Kilograms Kilograms
/Day Hours Hours
Dollars /Year
Hours Yes/No Type Dollars Dollars/Year
Dollars /Day
Hours Dollars/Lifecycle
VN $1,100 1 0.75 Net Vessel
1,500
2,700 - 16 $2,000 15 No Vessel
$31,000,000
$20,000
$5,000 24 $32,848,100
Deploy Fossil fuel propulsion
Collect Nets
Retrieve Vessel
Dispose Landfill, recycle, incinerators
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http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-fishing-boat-trawler-on-the-north-sea-dragging-fishing-nets-ostend-28120936.html
Artificial Floating Island (AFI)
Cost of one Alternative
Fleet Number
Life-cycle
Collection Method
Storage Method
Alternative Capacity
Rate of Removal
Alternative Charge Time
Alternative Operational Time
Mainten-ance Cost
Mainten-ance Time
Autonomous
Vessel Type
Vessel Cost
Vessel Opera-tional Cost
Vessel Fuel Cost
Vessel Fuel Time
Total Alternative Lifecycle Cost
Units Dollars Number Years Technology Place Kilograms Kilograms
/Day Hours Hours
Dollars /Year
Hours Yes/No Type Dollars Dollars/Year
Dollars /Day
Hours Dollars/Lifecycle
AFI $500,000 1 8 Conveyor
Belt AFI
150,000
1,000
- 24 $5,000 10 Yes - - - - - $540,000
Deploy Ocean current propulsion
Collect Conveyer belts
Retrieve Vessel
Dispose Landfill, recycle, incinerators
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Artificial Floating Island with Sail (AFI-S)
Cost of one Alternative
Fleet Number
Life-cycle
Collection Method
Storage Method
Alternative Capacity
Rate of Removal
Alternative Charge Time
Alternative Operational Time
Mainten-ance Cost
Mainten-ance Time
Autonomous
Vessel Type
Vessel Cost
Vessel Opera-tional Cost
Vessel Fuel Cost
Vessel Fuel Time
Total Alternative Lifecycle Cost
Units Dollars Number Years Technology Place Kilograms Kilograms
/Day Hours Hours
Dollars /Year
Hours Yes/No Type Dollars Dollars/Year
Dollars/ Day
Hours Dollars/Lifecycle
AFI-S $550,000 1 8 Conveyor
Belt AFI-S
150,000
2,000
- 24 $5,500 15 Yes - - - - - $594,000
Deploy Wind and ocean current
propulsion
Collect Conveyer belts
Retrieve Vessel
Dispose Landfill, recycle,
incinerators
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Artificial Floating Island with Motor (AFI-M)
Cost of one Alternative
Fleet Number
Life cycle
Collection Method
Storage Method
Alternative Capacity
Rate of Removal
Alternative Charge Time
Alternative Operational Time
Mainte-nance Cost
Mainte-nance Time
Autonomous
Vessel Type
Vessel Cost
Vessel Opera-tional Cost
Vessel Fuel Cost
Vessel Fuel Time
Total Alternative Lifecycle Cost
Units Dollars Number Years Technology Place Kilograms Kilograms
/Day Hours Hours
Dollars /Year
Hours Yes/No Type Dollars Dollars/Year
Dollars /Day
Hours Dollars/Lifecycle
AFI-M
$600,000 1 8 Conveyor
Belt
In Alternativ
e
150,000
2,700
- 24 $6,000 15 Yes - - - - - $648,000
Deploy Electric and ocean current
propulsion
Collect Conveyer belts
Retrieve Vessel
Dispose Landfill, recycle,
incinerators
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Wind Data (NOAA Buoys) #YY MM DD hh mm WDIR WSPD WSPD GST WVHT DPD APD MWD PRES ATMP ATMP WTMP DEWP VIS TIDE
#yr mo dy hr mn degT m/s m/s m/s m sec sec degT hPa degC degC degC degC mi ft
2016 6 18 11 30 137 3.6 3.6 5.1 99 99 99 999 1023 14.6 14 16.9 9.3 99 99
2016 6 18 11 40 149 3.5 3.5 5.1 1.11 16 7.48 185 1023 14.7 14 17 9.5 99 99
2016 6 18 11 50 162 4 4 5.8 99 99 99 999 1023 14.7 14 17 9.3 99 99
2016 6 18 12 0 168 4.7 4.7 7.2 99 99 99 999 1023 14.5 14 16.9 9.4 99 99
2016 6 18 12 10 165 5.1 5.1 7.5 99 99 99 999 1023 14.1 14 16.9 9.7 99 99
2016 6 18 12 20 145 4.1 4.1 5.8 99 99 99 999 1023 13.8 13 16.9 10 99 99
2016 6 18 12 30 132 3.7 3.7 4.9 99 99 99 999 1023 14 14 16.9 10.1 99 99
2016 6 18 12 40 141 5 5 6.8 1.25 16 8.04 187 1023 14.3 14 16.9 10.3 99 99
2016 6 18 12 50 142 4.9 4.9 6.3 99 99 99 999 1023 14.2 14 16.9 10.4 99 99
2016 6 18 13 0 154 5.4 5.4 7.7 99 99 99 999 1023 14.1 14 16.8 11.1 99 99
2016 6 18 13 10 144 5.8 5.8 7.4 99 99 99 999 1023 14 14 16.8 11.1 99 99
2016 6 18 13 20 147 6.1 6.1 7.2 99 99 99 999 1023 13.9 13 16.8 11.2 99 99
2016 6 18 13 30 138 5.7 5.7 7.4 99 99 99 999 1023 13.9 13 16.8 11.5 99 99
2016 6 18 13 40 135 5.8 5.8 7.2 1.15 16 6.57 185 1023 13.8 13 16.8 11.6 99 99
2016 6 18 13 50 136 5.7 5.7 7 99 99 99 999 1023 13.8 13 16.8 11.5 99 99
2016 6 18 14 0 135 5.4 5.4 6.9 99 99 99 999 1023 13.8 13 16.8 11.4 99 99
2016 6 18 14 10 129 5.3 5.3 6.6 99 99 99 999 1023 13.8 13 16.8 11.6 99 99
2016 6 18 14 20 124 5.2 5.2 6.4 99 99 99 999 1023 13.8 13 16.8 11.5 99 99
2016 6 18 14 30 131 5.2 5.2 7.9 99 99 99 999 1023 14 14 16.8 11.9 99 99
2016 6 18 14 40 134 5.7 5.7 7.1 1.13 16 6.22 188 1023 14 14 16.8 12 99 99
2016 6 18 14 50 135 5.5 5.5 6.9 99 99 99 999 1024 14 14 16.8 12 99 99
2016 6 18 15 0 138 5.7 5.7 6.9 99 99 99 999 1024 14.1 14 16.7 11.9 99 99
2016 6 18 15 10 143 5.3 5.3 6.7 99 99 99 999 1024 14.2 14 16.7 11.9 99 99
2016 6 18 15 20 142 5.2 5.2 6.9 99 99 99 999 1024 14.3 14 16.7 12.1 99 99
2016 6 18 15 30 142 5.2 5.2 6.6 99 99 99 999 1024 14.3 14 16.7 12 99 99
2016 6 18 15 40 139 5.4 5.4 6.9 1.29 16 6.82 181 1024 14.5 14 16.7 12.2 99 99
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
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Calculated Ocean Current Speed Date Time Wind Stress Current Density Current Viscosity Current Speed
6/18/2016 11:30 AM 0.0206388000 1026 0126 0046978278
6/18/2016 11:40 AM 0.0195081250 1026 0126 0044404623
6/18/2016 11:50 AM 0.0254800000 1026 0126 0057997874
6/18/2016 12:00 PM 0.0351783250 1026 0126 0080073315
6/18/2016 12:10 PM 0.0414209250 1026 0126 0094282795
6/18/2016 12:20 PM 0.0267699250 1026 0129 0060221314
6/18/2016 12:30 PM 0.0218013250 1026 0126 0049624431
6/18/2016 12:40 PM 0.0398125000 1026 0126 0090621679
6/18/2016 12:50 PM 0.0382359250 1026 0126 0087033060
6/18/2016 1:00 PM 0.0464373000 1026 0126 0105701126
6/18/2016 1:10 PM 0.0535717000 1026 0126 0121940531
6/18/2016 1:20 PM 0.0592569250 1026 0129 0133303693
6/18/2016 1:30 PM 0.0517403250 1026 0129 0116394437
6/18/2016 1:40 PM 0.0535717000 1026 0129 0120514277
6/18/2016 1:50 PM 0.0517403250 1026 0129 0116394437
6/18/2016 2:00 PM 0.0464373000 1026 0129 0104464813
6/18/2016 2:10 PM 0.0447333250 1026 0129 0100631571
6/18/2016 2:20 PM 0.0430612000 1026 0129 0096869978
6/18/2016 2:30 PM 0.0430612000 1026 0126 0098016408
6/18/2016 2:40 PM 0.0517403250 1026 0126 0117771934
6/18/2016 2:50 PM 0.0481731250 1026 0126 0109652231
6/18/2016 3:00 PM 0.0517403250 1026 0126 0117771934
6/18/2016 3:10 PM 0.0447333250 1026 0126 0101822518
6/18/2016 3:20 PM 0.0430612000 1026 0126 0098016408
6/18/2016 3:30 PM 0.0430612000 1026 0126 0098016408
6/18/2016 3:40 PM 0.0464373000 1026 0126 0105701126
T = CD ∗ ρ ∗ V2
V0 =T
2μρωsinφ
Wind Stress
CD = Coefficient of Drag ρ = density of air
V = velocity of wind
Ocean Surface Current Velocity
ρ = density of water μ = Viscosity of water
φ = latitude ω = angular velocity of
Earth
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Ocean Current Data
• Wind Speed
• Mean: 7.23 m/s
• Standard Deviation: 3.46 m/s
• Wind Stress
• Mean: 0.103 N
• Standard Deviation: 0.093 N
• Ocean Current Speed
• Mean: 0.015 m/s
• Standard Deviation: 0.021 m/s
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Simulation Functional Diagram
The objective of the
simulation is to
estimate the time, cost
and efficiency of each
design alternative
given the same inputs.
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Design of Experiment
Input Output
Alternative Fleet Speed (kn) Collection Rate of Removal (μ,σ) (kg/day)
Cost ($) Time (Years)
AV 1 2 Vacuum 5000, 575 $3,447,100,000
1,432
B-ASV 50 1 Vacuum 248, 140 $17,900,000,000
72,500
B-UAV 100 2 Nets 4503, 9 $57,335,000
1,522
VN 1 2 Nets 2650, 2100 $48,006,000,000
3,688
AFI 1 0.03 Conveyor Belts 1000, 100 $16,995,000,000
8,219
AFI-S 1 7 Conveyor Belts 2000, 200 $11,368,000,000
5,479
AFI-M 1 5 Conveyor Belts 2700, 275 $5,703,600,000
2,740
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Simulation Results – AV Rate of Removal
Mean:
5000 kg/day
Standard Deviation:
575 kg/day
10,000 replications run
This is the alternative with the highest rate
of removal
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Simulation Results – B-ASV Rate of Removal
No Fleet Mean: 9.86 kg/day
Standard Deviation: 2.78 kg/day
Fleet of 50 Mean: 248.41 kg/day
Standard Deviation: 139.39 kg
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Simulation Results – B-UAV Rate of Removal
No Fleet Mean: 44.88 kg/day
Standard Deviation: 2.93 kg/day
Fleet of 100 Mean: 4503 kg/day
Standard Deviation: 9.28 kg/day
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Simulation Results – VN – Rate of Removal
Mean:
2650 kg/day
Standard Deviation:
2100 kg/day
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Simulation Results – AFI, AFI-S, and AFI-M
• AFI
• Mean: 1000 kg/day
• Standard Deviation: 100 kg/day
• AFI – S
• Mean: 2000 kg/day
• Standard Deviation: 200 kg/day
• AFI – M
• Mean: 2700 kg/day
• Standard Deviation: 275 kg/day
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Optimization
The time was set for 50 years.
Alternatives Optimal Number Cost ($)
AV 26 $ 7,662,378,082
B-ASV 487 $ 27,986,118,722
B-UAV 29 $ 4,781,004,566
VN 49 $ 31,703,072,146
AFI 132 $ 13,995,616,438
AFI-S 66 $ 9,416,712,329
AFI-M 49 $ 8,241,095,890
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Utility Analysis - Attributes
Category Definition
Capacity Amount of debris the alternative can hold
Rate of Removal Rate at which the alternative can remove debris (Simulation)
Eco Friendly Alternative does not harm the environment (Subjective)
Life Cycle Life expectancy of the alternative
Reliability Consistency of the alternative (Subjective)
Security Risk of the alternative being used for a different purpose (Subjective)
TRL Technology readiness level
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Utility Analysis
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Utility vs. Cost
AV
AFI-M
AFI-S
[CELLREF]
[CELLREF]
[CELLREF]
[CELLREF]
[CELLREF]
[CELLREF] [CELLREF]
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Utility
Cost (Billions)
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Sensitivity Analysis
This shows how performance is the major factor in weight of each alternative. The better the performance the higher the utility.
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Sensitivity Analysis
Weight on performance does not change the outcome.
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Sensitivity Analysis
Shows the percent weight on Risk goal.
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Recommendations
• The best options on AV, AFI-M, and AFI-S, due to the proximity on
utility analysis
• To further expand this project, we recommend combining different
alternatives together
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Business Case – Types of Costs
• Cost of Alternative
• Cost of each, modifications, charging station, maintenance, operational cost
• Cost of Vessel
• Cost of each, fuel, modifications, operational cost (crew, maintenance, harboring)
• Debris Handling
• Landfill, incinerator, recycle
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Business Case – Costs
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Business Case - Potential Types of Revenue
• Electricity sales
• Waste-to-Energy (Burn Generator)
• Landfill Gas (Methane Burn Generator)
• Recycle sales
• Sales of Services
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Business Case - Revenue
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Business Case – Break Even
• The break even point is not attainable from debris revenue alone
• The greatest optimistic revenue, without site costs, comes to $371 million while MPL Total Design Cost comes to $7.66 billion
• Without electricity sales revenues and costs, optimistic total revenue still comes to $320 million
• The break even point however is attainable when including significant sales of the service to industries form multiple nations affected
• The APEC nations report yearly losses totaling $364 million in fishing industries and $279 million in shipping industries from marine debris
• If the APEC nations donated 25% of these costs per year for MDRS to remove the debris, $8.39 billion in revenues can be made over the 50 years
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Break-Even Point
$0
$1,000,000,000
$2,000,000,000
$3,000,000,000
$4,000,000,000
$5,000,000,000
$6,000,000,000
$7,000,000,000
$8,000,000,000
$9,000,000,000
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49
Years
Break-Even
Costs Revenue
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Break-Even Point
$8,020,330,000
$8,392,700,000
$0
$1,000,000,000
$2,000,000,000
$3,000,000,000
$4,000,000,000
$5,000,000,000
$6,000,000,000
$7,000,000,000
$8,000,000,000
$9,000,000,000
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Break-Even
Costs Revenue
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Questions?
49
References
[1] http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/
[2] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569111000688
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Appendix
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Units B-ASV B-UAV VN AV AFI AFI-S AFI-M
Cost of one Alternative Dollars $76,000 $5,600 $1,100 $3,000,000 $500,000 $550,000 $600,000
Fleet number Number 50 100 1 1 1 1 1
Lifecycle Years 5 1 0.75 8 8 8 8
Collection Method Technology Vacuum Scoop Net Vacuum Conveyor Belt Conveyor
Belt Conveyor Belt
Storage Method Place Barge Barge Ship In Alternative In Alternative In
Alternative In Alternative
Alternative Capacity Kilograms 500 20 1,500 136,000 150,000 150,000 150,000
Rate of Removal Kilograms/ Day 270 4,500 2,700 5,000 1,000 2,000 2,700
Alternative Charge Time Hours 12 6 - - - - -
Alternative Operational Time Hours 3 0.5 16 24 24 24 24
Maintenance Cost Dollars/Year $3,750 $280 $2,000 $30,000 $5,000 $5,500 $6,000
Maintenance Time Hours 5 3 15 10 10 15 15
Autonomous Yes/No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vessel Type Type Barge Barge Ship - - - -
Vessel Cost Dollars $400,000 $400,000 $21,000,000 - - - -
Vessel Operational Cost Dollars/Year $4,000 $4,000 $20,000 - - - -
Vessel Fuel Cost Dollars - - $5,000/day - - - -
Vessel Fuel Time Time - - 24 hours - - - -
Total Alternative Lifecycle Cost
Dollars/ Lifecycle $4,737,500 $588,000 $2,600 $3,240,000 $540,000 $594,000 $648,000
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Ekman Spiral φ = latitude
ω = angular velocity of the earth
f = Coriolis Force
ρ = fluid density
v = kinematic viscosity
p = pressure
𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑠 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 = 2 × 𝜔 × sin 𝜑
−𝑓𝑣 = −1
𝜌0×
𝜕𝑝
𝜕𝑥+ 𝑣
𝜕2𝑢
𝜕𝑧2
+𝑓𝑢 = −1
𝜌0×
𝜕𝑝
𝜕𝑦+ 𝑣
𝜕2𝑣
𝜕𝑧2
{ Ekman Layer
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Simulation Assumptions
Vessel
used Vessel Cost
Vessel
Capacity
Vessel
Operationa
l Cost
Vessel
Fuel Cost
Vessel
Refueling
Time
Vessel
Lifecycle Barge Cost
Barge
Lifecycle
Barge
Operat-
ional Cost
UAV
Charge
Time
UAV
Flight
Time
UAV
Payload
Capacity
Assumption Capesize 21,000,000 400,000 $20,000 $10,000 24 15 $300,000 10 $4,000 6 10 to 30 0 to 20
Units Dollars tons Dollars Dollars Hours Years Dollars Years Dollars Hours Minutes Kilograms
UAV
Lifecycle
UAV Operat-
ional Cost
ASV
Capacity
ASV
Charge
Time
ASV
Lifecycle
ASV
Operat-
ional Cost
AV
Lifecycle
AV Operat-
ional Cost
AV
Capacity
Nets
Length
Nets
Width
Nets
Height Nets Cost
Nets
Lifecycle
Assumption 1 $280 500 10 5 $3,750 8 $30,000 130000 3 12 90 $0.30 0.75
Units Year Dollars Kilograms Hours Years Dollars Years Dollars Kilograms Meters Meters Meters
Per square
meter Years
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Overall Equations Name of Equation Overall Equation
Rate of removal Amount/time
Time to remove all ((weight/r)/365)+ET
# Alternative to finish in 50 years TR/50
Cost for 1 (((TR/L)*ci)+(TR*co))
Cost for optimal (50 years) ((5*ci)*n)+(n*(25*co))
Gyre growth x(y) = x(y-1) + (x(y-1)*0.2)
MPL Cost = Cai*La*xn + Cao*t*xn + Csi*Ls*xn + Cso*t*xn
Coriolios Force/Effect f = 2w(sin(phi))
Ekman Layer -fv = -(1/r0)(dp/dx) + (d/dz)(A*(du/dz))
Ekman Layer fu = -(1/r0)(dp/dy) + (d/dz)(A*(dv/dz))
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MATLAB Code
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MPL Code
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