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ArticleWaste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA2024

Developing a prediction model in a lightweight packaging waste sorting plant using sensor-based sorting data combined with data of external near-infrared and LiDAR sensors.

Sabine Schloegl, Josef Kamleitner, Nils Kroell, Xiaozheng Chen, Daniel Vollprecht, Alexia Tischberger-Aldrian

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Article in Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Assessing the process performance of ballistic separators in packaging waste sorting plants using sensor-based process monitoring.Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2026
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6 authors.

Sabine SchloeglChair of Waste Processing Technology and Waste Management, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-6457-9865
Josef KamleitnerSiemens AG Österreich, Vienna, Austria.
Nils KroellDepartment of Anthropogenic Material Cycles, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6016-5144
Xiaozheng ChenStadler Anlagenbau GmbH, Altshausen, Germany.
Daniel VollprechtInstitute for Materials Resource Management, Chair of Resource and Chemical Engineering, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1809-5223
Alexia Tischberger-AldrianChair of Waste Processing Technology and Waste Management, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, Austria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensor-based material flow monitoring allows for continuously high output qualities, through quality management and process control. The implementation in the waste management sector, however, is inhibited by the heterogeneity of waste and throughput fluctuations. In this study, challenges and possibilities of using different types of sensors in a lightweight packaging waste sorting plant are investigated. Three external sensors have been mounted on different positions in an Austrian sorting plant: one Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor for monitoring the volume flow and two near-infrared (NIR) sensors for measuring the pixel-based material composition and occupation density. Additionally, the data of an existing sensor-based sorter (SBS) were evaluated. To predict the newly introduced parameter material-specific occupation density (MSOD) of multi-coloured polyethylene terephthalate (PET) preconcentrate, different machine learning models were evaluated. The results indicate that using SBS data for both monitoring of throughput fluctuations caused by different bag opener settings as well as monitoring the material composition is feasible, if the pre-set teach-in is suitable. The ridge regression model based on SBS was comparable (RMSE = 3.59 px%,

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Waste ManagementAustriaMachine LearningModels, TheoreticalPolyethylene TerephthalatesProduct PackagingRefuse DisposalSolid WastePolyethylene TerephthalatesSolid WasteLiDARlightweight packaging wastemachine learningnear-infraredplasticprediction modelSensor-based material flow monitoringsorting plant

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