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Modular Design of Electronic Appliances for Reliability Enhancement in a Circular Economy Perspective

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The design of electronic systems must consider the possibility of their repair, reuse and recycle, in order to reduce the waste. In this paper, we present a design methodology for modularization of electronic appliances which optimize its end of life cost. The optimization algorithm is based on the partitioning of electronic components by mean of simulated annealing optimization, and it has been applied to the design of a real industrial test case.

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The authors would like to thank Andrea Vesprini and Andrea Medori of VEGA company. The work presented is part of a regional RAEEcovery project supported by EU funding (https://www.raeecovery.com).

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Orcioni, S., Scavongelli, C., Conti, M. (2020). Modular Design of Electronic Appliances for Reliability Enhancement in a Circular Economy Perspective. In: Saponara, S., De Gloria, A. (eds) Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry, Environment and Society. ApplePies 2019. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 627. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37277-4_7

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