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Can the formal concept of "Material flow analysis (MFA)" prove useful in the design of close-looped sustainable systems? | * Can the formal concept of "Material flow analysis (MFA)" prove useful in the design of close-looped sustainable systems? | ||
==Diagrams== | ==Diagrams== | ||
Revision as of 02:10, 12 August 2020
Introduction
Material flow analysis (MFA) is a methodology to analyze the flow of "materials" in-and-out of a system.
Built upon the law of conservation of energy, where energy can never be created or destroyed, only transferred, you can use material-balance equations to model complex systems such as the Seed Eco-Home.
See Material flow Analysis on Wikipedia for additional information.
Unanswered Research Questions
- Can the formal concept of "Material flow analysis (MFA)" prove useful in the design of close-looped sustainable systems?
Diagrams
A diagram related to MFA that may prove useful are Sankey diagrams.