The Global Relevance Of Bio Based Industries To Engineering And Technology Education

Rosentrater, Kurt A.; Balamuralikrishma, Radha

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“…Lean thinking helps to understand the principles of Lean for identification of value streams where the main value-adding stages are involved. A simple tool that puts these principles into practice in manufacturing processes is Value Stream Mapping (VSM) [12,13]. VSM is a graphic representation of the flow of the material through the value chain or set of actions that add value and those that do not.…”

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Energy-Flow Methodology for Thermodynamic Analysis of Manufacturing Processes: A Case Study of Welding Processes

Zambrana

Aranda

Ferreira

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Manufacturing processes involve the input of high quality energy and/or dissipation of low quality energy to manipulate a material; similarly the input of high quality material usually leads to the generation of low quality materials. A useful output involves the operation of conventional processes including a wide variety of functions such as lubrication, air compression, cooling, heating, pumping, etc., which have, on the one hand, high energy and material consumption and, on the other hand, losses due to an inherent departure from reversible processes. This paper presents an energy-flow methodology to determine the ratio between the additional energy required per useful energy unit for the manufacturing processes. As an application of the method proposed in this work, an assembly and welding production line is shown as a case study. This process is a common technique used in the manufacturing industry and its energy consumption depends on several parameters e.g. heat and electrical input. As a result of this study, the energy consumption of the production line has been reduced by approximately 30% from the 645.94 Wh of total energy consumption, where the consumption of real useful energy is 4% of this total.

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confidence: 99%

Energy-Flow Methodology for Thermodynamic Analysis of Manufacturing Processes: A Case Study of Welding Processes

Zambrana

Aranda

Ferreira

et al. 2012

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The Biomass Bandwagon: Three Ideas For Engineering And Technology Programs To Get Onboard

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2008 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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As society demands more energy and material goods, engineers and technologists will be relied upon to design and implement systems to produce and deliver these. There is growing interest in using renewable resources to produce fuels, chemicals, and finished products to meet these increasing needs. Additionally, popularity is gaining, both in research as well as industry, in developing and commercializing biobased products. Within this arena, there are tremendous opportunities for teaching innovations as well. To date, very limited discussions at ASEE regarding these potentials have occurred. The goal of this paper is to discuss possibilities for augmenting engineering and technology curricula by incorporating various concepts from biomass processing and utilization. We will discuss three specific topics that are germane to the fields of engineering and technology, and could easily be infused into existing coursework. These include quality control, engineering economics, and biocomposite manufacturing. Because the role of the instructor is to utilize advances in research to bolster the classroom, and because the interest and actual utilization of biomass is currently burgeoning, incorporating these topics could provide a tremendous boost in student interest in coursework, as well as bolster the workforce who will be working in the emerging bioeconomy.

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The Global Relevance Of Bio Based Industries To Engineering And Technology Education

Cited by 2 publications

References 55 publications

Energy-Flow Methodology for Thermodynamic Analysis of Manufacturing Processes: A Case Study of Welding Processes

Energy-Flow Methodology for Thermodynamic Analysis of Manufacturing Processes: A Case Study of Welding Processes

The Biomass Bandwagon: Three Ideas For Engineering And Technology Programs To Get Onboard

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