A Study on Green Manufacturing in a Car Battery Manufacturing Plant

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sedef Ergün ◽  
Sibel Uludağ-Demirer ◽  
Suat Kasap
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing System ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Green Manufacturing ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Hazardous Wastes ◽  
Manufacturing Plant ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Operational Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

This study presents an environmental manufacturing system analysis for companies looking for the benefits of environmental management in achieving high productivity levels. When the relationship between environmental costs and manufacturing decisions is examined, it can be seen that the productivity of the company can be increased by adopting a methodology of an environmentally integrated manufacturing system analysis. This study presents such a methodology and the roadmap for generating environmentally friendly and economically favorable alternative waste management solutions is elaborated. The methodology combines data collection, operational analysis of the manufacturing processes, identification of wastes, and evaluation of waste reduction alternatives. The presented methodology is examined in a car battery manufacturing plant, which generates hazardous wastes composed of lead. It is aimed to decrease the wastes derived from the production so that the efficiency in raw materials usage is increased and the need for recycling the hazardous wastes is decreased.

An Environmentally Integrated Manufacturing Analysis Combined with Waste Management in a Car Battery Manufacturing Plant

2011 ◽  
pp. 436-461
Author(s):  
Suat Kasap ◽  
Sibel Uludag Demirer ◽  
Sedef Ergün
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Hazardous Wastes ◽  
Manufacturing Plant ◽  
Integrated Manufacturing ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter presents an environmentally integrated manufacturing system analysis for companies looking for the benefits of environmental management in achieving high productivity levels. When the relationship between environmental costs and manufacturing decisions is examined, it can be seen that the productivity of the company can be increased by using an environmentally integrated manufacturing system analysis methodology. Therefore, such a methodology is presented and the roadmap for generating environmentally friendly and economically favorable alternative waste management solutions is elaborated. The methodology combines data collection, operational analysis of the manufacturing processes, identification of wastes, and evaluation of waste reduction alternatives. The presented methodology is examined in a car battery manufacturing plant, which generates hazardous wastes composed of lead. It is aimed to decrease the wastes derived from the production so that the efficiency in raw materials usage is increased and the need for recycling the hazardous wastes is decreased.

An Environmentally Integrated Manufacturing Analysis Combined with Waste Management in a Car Battery Manufacturing Plant

2012 ◽  
pp. 907-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suat Kasap ◽  
Sibel Uludag Demirer ◽  
Sedef Ergün
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Hazardous Wastes ◽  
Manufacturing Plant ◽  
Integrated Manufacturing ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter presents an environmentally integrated manufacturing system analysis for companies looking for the benefits of environmental management in achieving high productivity levels. When the relationship between environmental costs and manufacturing decisions is examined, it can be seen that the productivity of the company can be increased by using an environmentally integrated manufacturing system analysis methodology. Therefore, such a methodology is presented and the roadmap for generating environmentally friendly and economically favorable alternative waste management solutions is elaborated. The methodology combines data collection, operational analysis of the manufacturing processes, identification of wastes, and evaluation of waste reduction alternatives. The presented methodology is examined in a car battery manufacturing plant, which generates hazardous wastes composed of lead. It is aimed to decrease the wastes derived from the production so that the efficiency in raw materials usage is increased and the need for recycling the hazardous wastes is decreased.

Identifying Correlations Between Independent Sets of Maintenance and Manufacturing Quality Data

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hany El-Gheriani ◽  
Martin Guay ◽  
Guillaume Graton ◽  
Jorge Arinez
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Independent Sets ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Manufacturing Plant ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Equipment Reliability ◽  
Maintenance Decisions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Effective equipment maintenance is essential for a manufacturing plant seeking to produce high quality products. The impact of equipment reliability and quality on throughput have been well established, however, the relationship between maintenance and quality is not always clear or direct. This paper describes a statistical modeling method that makes use of a Kalman filter to identify correlations between independent sets of maintenance and quality data. With such a method, maintenance efforts can be better prioritized to satisfy both production and quality requirements. In addition, this method is used to compare results from the theoretical maintenance-quality model to data from an actual manufacturing system. Results of the analysis indicate the potential for this method to be applied to preventive as well as reactive maintenance decisions since ageing aspects of equipment are also considered in the model.

scholarly journals Atık Azaltma Metotlarının Akü Üretimine Entegre Edilmesi: Metot Geliştirme Ve Uygulama / Integration of Waste Reduction and Battery Production: Method Development and Application

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 468
Author(s):  
Sibel Uludağ Demirer ◽  
Sedef Elker ◽  
Suat Kasap
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Method Development ◽  
System Analysis ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Production Method ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Decision Makers

Bu çalışma çevre yönetimi ile entegre edilmiş üretim sistemlerinin önemli çevresel ve ekonomik faydalar getireceği düşüncesini baz alarak üretim sistemine yeni bir yaklaşım önermeyi amaçlamıştır. Bu yaklaşım için izlenmesi gereken yol genel olarak belirlenmiş ve çevreye dost ve az madde kullanarak çok üretme felsefesinin karar verme mekanizmalarına taşınması gerektiği vurgulanmıştır. Bu yaklaşım üretim sisteminde var olan uygulamaları fark eder ve alternatif atık yönetimi çözümlerini de araştırarak en çok faydayı sağlayan çözümü bulmaya çalışır. Hazırlanan metodolojide veri toplama ve üretim sisteminin analizi atıkların oluşumu ve azaltma alternatifleri göz önünde tutularak yapılır. Atıkların yönetimine ilişkin alternatifler araştırıldıktan sonra kazanımlar karar verme aşamasına iletilir. Önerilen metodolojinin akü üretimi yapan bir fabrikada uygulaması belli bir aşamaya kadar yapılmış ve fabrika yöneticilerine sonuçlar hakkında bilgi verilmiştir. Integration of Waste Reduction and Battery Production: Method Development and Application This study presents an environmentally integrated manufacturing system analysis for companies looking for the benefits of environmental management in achieving high efficiency levels. The roadmap for such a management system is established and it is shown that the decision making should consider producing more using less and nonhazardous. This approach recognizes the already existing activities while investigating alternative waste management solutions. The methodology consists of data collection, operational analyses of the processes, identification of wastes and evaluation of waste reduction alternatives proposed both technically and economically. The proposed methodology is examined in a car battery manufacturing company and results are reported to the decision makers.

scholarly journals Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Ecological Changes, Social Behaviour and Human Intergroup Tolerance 300,000 to 30,000 BP

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Spikins ◽  
Jennifer C. French ◽  
Seren John-Wood ◽  
Calvin Dytham
Keyword(s):  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Environmental Variability ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Ecological Changes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Social Behaviours

AbstractArchaeological evidence suggests that important shifts were taking place in the character of human social behaviours 300,000 to 30,000 years ago. New artefact types appear and are disseminated with greater frequency. Transfers of both raw materials and finished artefacts take place over increasing distances, implying larger scales of regional mobility and more frequent and friendlier interactions between different communities. Whilst these changes occur during a period of increasing environmental variability, the relationship between ecological changes and transformations in social behaviours is elusive. Here, we explore a possible theoretical approach and methodology for understanding how ecological contexts can influence selection pressures acting on intergroup social behaviours. We focus on the relative advantages and disadvantages of intergroup tolerance in different ecological contexts using agent-based modelling (ABM). We assess the relative costs and benefits of different ‘tolerance’ levels in between-group interactions on survival and resource exploitation in different environments. The results enable us to infer a potential relationship between ecological changes and proposed changes in between-group behavioural dynamics. We conclude that increasingly harsh environments may have driven changes in hormonal and emotional responses in humans leading to increasing intergroup tolerance, i.e. transformations in social behaviour associated with ‘self-domestication’. We argue that changes in intergroup tolerance is a more parsimonious explanation for the emergence of what has been seen as ‘modern human behaviour’ than changes in hard aspects of cognition or other factors such as cognitive adaptability or population size.

scholarly journals Modeling the Supply Process Using the Application of Selected Methods of Operational Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mária Chovancová ◽  
Vladimír Klapita
Keyword(s):  
Inventory Management ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Operational Analysis ◽  
Intermediate Products ◽  
The Subject

AbstractSupply process is one of the most important enterprise activities. All raw materials, intermediate products and products, which are moved within enterprise, are the subject of inventory management and by their effective management significant improvement of enterprise position on the market can be achieved. For that reason, the inventory needs to be managed, monitored, evaluated and affected. The paper deals with utilizing the methods of the operational analysis in the field of inventory management in terms of achieving the economic efficiency and ensuring the particular customer’s service level as well.

Pots on mats: mat-impressed salt-extraction pottery at Chalcolithic Provadia-Solnitsata, Bulgaria

Antiquity ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Mila Andonova ◽  
Vassil Nikolov
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Salt Production ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Late Chalcolithic ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
The Relationship

Evidence for both basket weaving and salt production is often elusive in the prehistoric archaeological record. An assemblage of Middle–Late Chalcolithic pottery from Provadia-Solnitsata in Bulgaria provides insight into these two different technologies and the relationship between them. The authors analyse sherds from vessels used in large-scale salt production, the bases of which bear the impression of woven mats. This analysis reveals the possible raw materials used in mat weaving at Provadia-Solnitsata and allows interpretation of the role of these mats in salt production at the site. The results illustrate how it is possible to see the ‘invisible’ material culture of prehistoric south-eastern Europe and its importance for production and consumption.

PROSPECTS FOR USING ASTRAGALUS ONOBRYCHIS AS A SOURCE OF NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
Pozdnyakovа Т.А. ◽  
Kuleshovа Е.S. ◽  
Bubenchikov R.A.
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Free Radicals ◽  
Chemical Interaction ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Natural Antioxidants ◽  
The Body ◽  
Plant Raw Materials ◽  
Total Antioxidant ◽  
Promising Source ◽  
The Relationship

The predominance of synthetic and genetically modified foods in the diet of a modern person often leads to disruption of natural metabolic processes and the accumulation of toxic free radicals in the body, which provokes the development of various diseases. Natural antioxidants from medicinal plants can help maintain health and stop the processes of peroxidation. In our opinion, Аstragalus onobrychis can become a promising source of natural antioxidants. The aim of this study was to establish the antioxidant activity in extracts from the herb Astragalus onobrychis. In order to obtain objective and reliable results during our research, we used two methods: the method of titrimetry and spectrophotometry of free radicals. The titrimetric method is based on the chemical interaction between an oxidizing agent (potassium permanganate) and natural antioxidants present in extracts from plant raw materials, since they exhibit the properties of reducing agents. The spectrophotometric method makes it possible to assess the value of antioxidant activity and the duration of the reaction by assessing the interaction of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazil with plant antioxidants. To establish the relationship between the antioxidant activity and the presence of phenolic compounds in the plant, the content of flavonoids and hydroxycinnamic acids in the herb Astragalus onobrychis was determined. As a result of the studies, the total antioxidant activity of extracts from the herb Astragalus onobrychis was established and it was revealed that its value depends on the type of extractant used, since this factor is associated with the content of various groups of natural antioxidants in the extraction. The data obtained indicate the prospects of using the herb Astragalus onobrychis as a source of natural antioxidants.

scholarly journals Relations among Valencia orange yields with soil and leaf nutrients in Northwestern Paraná, Brazil

2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonez Fidalski ◽  
Pedro Antonio Martins Auler ◽  
Valdomiro Tormem
Keyword(s):  
Growing Season ◽  
Fruit Weight ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Low Fertility ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Leaf Nutrients ◽  
Valencia Orange ◽  
Northwest Region ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
K Fertilization

The Valencia orange orchards established on soils of low fertility in the Northwest region of Paraná State, Brazil, have showed symptoms of Mg deficiency and reduced fruit yields. The objective of this study was to verify the relationship between yield with soil and leaf nutrients during 1996/97 growing season. Two sites of low and high productivity were selected in seven orchards. Leaf and soil samples (fertilized rows and interrows) were collected in 1996. The results showed that the citrus yields were negatively related with soil Mg/K and Ca+Mg/K ratios in the fertilized rows, and fruit weight positively correlated with leaf Zn in the low productivity orchards. The fruit weight was positively related with leaf Ca and soil Ca in the fertilized rows of the high productivity orchards. The results suggested an adequate lime and K fertilization managements in the fertilized rows, as well as an adequate Zn supply.

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