Feasibility study and life-cycle analysis of relaunching a snow melting plant in the Town of Mont Royal

Snow removal operations in different municipalities in the Island of Montreal, including the Town of Mont Royal (TMR), mainly rely on the truckload transportation of snow to the dumping grounds. Nevertheless, the current practice incurs significant amount of cost while suffering from negative environmental impacts in addition to the limited capacity of snow dump sites and the complexity of operations during the thaw periods. Therefore, adding a stationary or mobile snow melting equipment could be a viable alternative to reduce the cost and carbon footprint of snow removal operations. The goal of this project is to conduct a comprehensive cost/benefit and life-cycle analysis (LCA) on relaunching an existing snow melting plant at TMR so as to justify whether or not the facility could be upgraded and ultimately become operational. In particular, we aim to estimate the life-cycle cost of relaunching the facility in addition to its pay-back period while assessing the negative environmental footprints as the result of running the equipment and disposing it when it reaches to the end-of-life.

Faculty Supervisor:

Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani

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Partner:

Ville de Mont-Royal

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Concordia University

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