Suitable Location Selection of Infectious Waste Incinerators for a Group of Hospitals in Kalasin Province

Authors

  • anucha sriburum Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Kalasin University
  • Waraporn Warorot Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Kalasin University
  • Chanaphon Na Kalasin Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Kalasin University
  • Wanrop Khanthirat Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Kalasin University
  • Prasit Kailomsom Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Thepsatri Rajabhat University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/jeit.2023.3

Keywords:

Linear Programming, Location Selection, Infectious Waste Incinerators

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to select a suitable infectious waste incinerator location for hospital services in Kalasin Province by considering the network of locations that provided the lowest total cost. The total cost is made up of operating costs and transportation costs. Starting from a linear program model for the problem of site selection of infectious waste incinerators. After that, the proposed linear program model was coded using the LINGO software. Later, the proposed linear program model was woven with a case study of 18 hospitals in Kalasin Province. The location and size of incinerators for infectious waste that resulted in the lowest total cost were in two places: Kalasin hospital installed an incinerator of 1,200 kg per day, and Huai Phueng hospital installed an incinerator of 400 kg per day. has the lowest total cost of 12,500.50 baht per day, decreased from using private disposal services (14,707.40 baht per day) to 2,206.9 baht per day, representing 15%.

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Published

2023-04-29

How to Cite

[1]
anucha sriburum, W. Warorot, C. Na Kalasin, W. Khanthirat, and P. Kailomsom, “Suitable Location Selection of Infectious Waste Incinerators for a Group of Hospitals in Kalasin Province”, JEIT, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–30, Apr. 2023.