Research Article

Reverse Logistics Network Design of Electric Vehicle Batteries considering Recall Risk

Table 13

Parameter assignments.

ContentParameterValueUnit of measurement

Construction cost of recall processing center10,000,000Yuan
Construction cost of recall transfer center8,000,000Yuan
Construction cost of echelon use center12,000,000Yuan
Jobs created in a recall processing center30No. of people
Jobs created in a recall transfer center45No. of people
Jobs created in an echelon use center100No. of people
Transportation costs per EVB12.3Yuan
Packaging cost per EVB11.6Yuan
Testing cost per EVB22Yuan
Daily labor cost per employee200Yuan
Storage cost per unit per day at recall processing center0.24Yuan
Storage cost per unit per day at recall transfer center0.24Yuan
Storage cost per unit per day at echelon use center0.24Yuan
Maximum processing capacity of recall processing center800No. of items
Maximum processing capacity of recall transfer center800No. of items
Maximum processing capacity of echelon use center1,500No. of items
Maximum inventory capacity of recall processing center800No. of items
Maximum inventory capacity of recall transfer center800No. of items
Maximum inventory capacity of echelon use center2,000No. of items
Transport size discount rate1
0.8
0.6
200No. of items
400No. of items
Transport distance penalty rate1
1.1
1.2
25km
60km
Value of EVBs after echelon use1,500Yuan/each
Ratio of echelon usePercentage (%)