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NREL has enhanced several features of the tool. For instance, researchers added a sensitivity analysis module to the internal MFI codebase, making it easier to collaborate on NREL's techno-economic analysis projects.

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Supply Chain Energy and Greenhouse Gas Analysis Using the Materials Flows Through Industry (MFI) Tool: Examination of Decarbonization Technology Scenarios for the U.S. Glass Manufacturing Sector, NREL Technical Report (2023)

The tool is a linear network model of the U.S. industrial sector. It can model a range of manufacturing scenarios, including the effects of changes in production technology and increases in industrial energy efficiency. The tool performs supply chain analyses to quantify the impacts and benefits of next-generation technologies and materials at that scale.

NREL's Materials Flows through Industry (MFI) modeling tool tracks the material and energy demands and associated greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing supply chains.

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Techno-Economic, Life-Cycle, and Socioeconomic Impact Analysis of Enzymatic Recycling of Poly(ethylene Terephthalate), Joule (2021)

Another update to the internal model has refreshed the calculation of transportation sector impacts in supply chains, using the most recent update of the Commodity Flow Survey. In addition, the internal MFI codebase can track critical materials used in the supply chain investigated, making the MFI tool especially relevant for understanding material trade-offs of emerging technologies. All updates will be included in the MFI web app in a future update.

To keep up with industry advancements, NREL is developing the MFI tool, which models U.S. industrial sector supply chains. From evaluating energy and materials inputs in the initial manufacturing stages to those of the final production stages, this tool informs the manufacturing process from resource extraction ("cradle") to the factory gate.

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The MFI tool was developed with support from the U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office's strategic analysis team.

Evaluating Opportunities To Improve Material and Energy Impacts in Commodity Supply Chains, Environment Systems and Decisions (2017)

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Efficacy, Economics, and Sustainability of Bio-Based Insecticides From Thermochemical Biorefineries, Green Chemistry (2021)

NREL released version 2.5.3 of the MFI public-facing web application, with several cosmetic upgrades to improve user-experience and functionality.

A version of the tool is available for use by members of industry, academia, and the research community, as well as the general public. To access the tool and provide feedback, simply request an account.

Manufacturing is central to our nation's economy, and the U.S. manufacturing sector is continually evolving as new technologies and materials are developed.

Next-generation technologies may be more energy- and emissions-intensive than current technologies. However, they have the potential for reduced material and energy consumption in upstream or downstream processing stages. Use of the MFI tool will help manufacturers evaluate this potential, leading them to fully understand the benefits and consequences of technology deployment.

NREL’s Guilherme Castelao, Shubhankar Upasani and Swaroop Atnoorkar look at data from the Materials Flows through Industry (MFI) modeling tool. This software tracks the material and energy demands from manufacturing supply chains. Photo by Agata Bogucka / NREL

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