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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Do not let bad maintenance ruin your day : A case study of coordinating turnaround maintenance in a continuous flow process industry.

Hlebnikovs, Andrew, Kövamees, Axel January 2022 (has links)
The uptime of machinery in continuous flow process industries such as steel manufacturing plants puts pressure on the maintenance function. This in turn contributes to sustaining reliable physical assets. As absence of reliable physical assets highly affects the competitive advantage. Turnaround maintenance is a common practice in such production setups and requires top-of-the-line managerial attention to be planned,executed and assessed in an efficient manner. By applying an abductive approach and combining the qualitative and quantitative research approaches, this thesis aims to explore the managerial issue of coordinating turnaround maintenance within a continuous flow process industry. The research questions that guide this thesis consist of describing how turnaround maintenance can be coordinated and its associated challenges. By comparing publicly available literature and empirical evidence provided by performing a case study, it is confirmed that the main challenges for conducting efficient turnaround maintenance comes down to the management in all stages associated with the turnaround. To coordinate turnaround maintenance activities in the most efficient manner, several challenges must be overcome. Aligning organisational goals and generating management commitment is the first prerequisite before any improvements can be done. It is necessary to define a common scope that strives for creating reliable physical assets to enhance the competitive advantage. The defined challenges in coordination are related to before, during and after the turnaround execution. These relate to creating a cyclical process for the turnaround where previously acquired knowledge is used for improving future turnarounds. While detailed planning is necessary for each turnaround, a high level of contingency is also necessary. To achieve this and succeed, it is argued that a high level of visibility during the turnarounds and the use of standardised methods is required. / Drifttiden för maskiner i industrier med kontinuerligt flöde, såsom ståltillverkningsanläggningar, sätter press på underhållsverksamenheten. Detta för att i sin tur bidra till att upprätthålla tillförlitliga fysiska tillgångar. Eftersom avsaknad av tillförlitliga fysiska tillgångar påverkar konkurrensfördelen i hög grad. Storaunderhållstopp där den kontinuerliga produktionslinan stoppas, är en vanligt förekommande praxis i sådana produktionsanläggningar vilket kräver ledningens uppmärksamhet för att planera och utvärdera på ett effektivt sätt. Genom att tillämpa ett abduktivt tillvägagångssätt och kombinera kvalitativ och kvantitativ forskningsmetodik, syftar detta examensarbete till att utforska den ledarskapsrelaterade frågan om att koordinera underhållsaktiviteter för stora underhållstopp inom processindustrier med kontinuerligt flöde. Forskningsfrågorna som vägleder detta examensarbete består av att beskriva hur större underhållstopp kan koordineras och dess associerade utmaningar. Genom att jämföra offentligt tillgänglig litteratur och empiriska bevis från en fallstudie, bekräftas att de största utmaningarna för att genomföra ett effektivt underhållstopp beror på ledningen i alla steg som är förknippade med underhållstoppet. För att samordna underhållsaktiviteterna på ett så effektivt sätt som möjligt måste flera utmaningar övervinnas. Att anpassa organisationens mål och skapa engagemang hos ledningen är den första förutsättningen innan fler förbättringar kan utföras. Det är nödvändigt att definiera gemensamma mål som strävar efter att skapa tillförlitliga fysiska tillgångar för att i sin tur öka konkurrensfördelen. De definierademanagementutmaningarna sammankopplas till före, under och efter underhållsstoppet. Utmaningarnahandlar om att skapa en cyklisk process för underhållsstoppen där tidigare förvärvad kunskap nyttjas för att förbättra framtida stopp. Även om detaljerad planering är nödvändig för varje underhållstopp, är en hög nivå av beredskap också nödvändig. För att uppnå och lyckas med detta krävs en hög grad av visibilitet under underhållsstoppen och användning av standardiserade metoder.
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Desenvolvimento, construção e validação de reator para determinação do efeito da tensão de cisalhamento na resistencia termica de microrganismos / Development, construction and validation of a reactor for determination of the effect of shear stress on microrganism's thermal resistance

Rodrigues Junior, Salatir 12 August 2018 (has links)
Orientador: Pilar Rodriguez de Massaguer / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-12T12:11:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RodriguesJunior_Salatir_D.pdf: 5567332 bytes, checksum: 70d0366fec71ac0d7df65013c7939248 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: O presente trabalho teve por objetivo verificar o efeito da tensão de cisalhamento sobre os parâmetros cinéticos de inativação térmica (valores D e z) de Bacillus atrophaeus (antigo B. subtilis ATCC 9372), em suspensão aquosa pH 6,87. A fim de atingir esse objetivo, foi construído um reator de cisalhamento, capaz de aplicar tensões de cisalhamento de até 9,82Pa em temperaturas de pasteurização (90,5 a 96,2ºC ± 0,5ºC). Foi aplicado um Delineamento Composto Central Rotacional, com duas variáveis independentes ¿ Tensão de cisalhamento e Temperatura ¿ e valor D como variável resposta. Foram executados 12 experimentos, e o modelo obtido foi ¿Log (D) = 11,30 ¿ 1,104x10-1 T(ºC) ¿ 1,153x10-2 s(Pa)¿, com R² = 0,97, sendo os termos lineares das variáveis significativos a p < 0,1. Também foram determinados os valores D e z de B. atrophaeus na faixa de temperatura de pasteurização (92~97ºC), pelo método tradicional em tubos TDT (batelada), e usando dados cinéticos adquiridos de uma planta piloto HTST Microthermics (contínuo), em condições de tensão de cisalhamento similares àquelas aplicadas no reator. A fim de avaliar o processamento térmico contínuo aplicado na unidade HTST, foi usada a metodologia de determinação de processo equivalente conhecida como Paired Equivalent Isothermal Exposures ¿ PEIE (Welt et al., 1997). Os valores de z obtidos foram: 11,8ºC ± 1,56ºC pelo método TDT e 6,35ºC ± 0,35ºC no reator de cisalhamento e na primeira seção de retenção da unidade piloto HTST. Diversos autores reportaram mudanças nos parâmetros cinéticos de microrganismos, ao realizar a sua determinação por métodos em batelada (tubos TDT, ou capilar) e em processos contínuos. À semelhança desses autores, foi verificado que os valores D de B. subtilis foram significativamente (p<0.05) inferiores em todos os processos em que foi aplicado cisalhamento. A razão entre os valores D experimentais obtidos no reator de cisalhamento e os valores obtidos pelo modelo estimado pelo método TDT foi calculada, e variou entre 57% e 75%, indicando redução significativa na resistência térmica do microrganismo. Existe, portanto, potencial de aplicação industrial imediata deste tipo de sistema, a fim de causar a redução da resistência de esporos suspensos em líquidos sob processamento térmico, e levando a processos térmicos mais brandos / Abstract: This research aimed to determine the effect of temperature, and shear stress, on Bacillus atrophaeus (former B. subtilis ATCC 9372) spores suspended in sterile distilled water, pH 6.9. To achieve such objective, a Shear Reactor was developed to be capable of applying 9.82Pa shear stress, under pasteurization conditions (90,5 a 96,2ºC ± 0,5ºC). A Central Composite Design of experiments was used and it was composed by two independent variables ¿ Shear stress and Temperature ¿ and one response ¿ the D-value. Twelve experiments were performed, and the model obtained was ¿Log (D) = 11,30 ¿ 1,104x10-1 T(ºC) ¿ 1,153x10-2 s(Pa)¿, with R² = 0,97, and the linear terms statistically significant (p < 0,1). The D and z-values of B. atrophaeus were determined in the pasteurization range of temperature (92~97ºC), using the classical TDT tube method (batch method), and using kinetic data acquired in a Microthermics HTST pilot plant (continuous method), under shear stress conditions similar to shear reactor. The continuous thermal process was evaluated through the Paired Equivalent Isothermal Exposures ¿ PEIE ¿ method (Welt et al., 1997). The z-values obtained were: 11,8 ± 1,56ºC (TDT-method), and 6,35 ± 0,35ºC (Shear reactor and first retention section of the HTST pilot plant). Several authors reported changes in the kinetic parameters of microorganisms, when determining it through batch or continuous methods. Just like them, in this research it was verified that the D-values under shear stress process were statistically lower (p<0.05) than those in batch method (no shear). The ratio between experimental D values obtained in the shear reactor and those obtained from the TDT model was calculated and ranged between 57% and 75%, indicating a significant reduction of the microorganism¿s thermal resistance. Hence there is an immediate potential for industrial application of this kind of process since it causes the reduction of the resistance of spores in fluids under thermal process allowing for less aggressive thermal process / Doutorado / Doutor em Ciência de Alimentos

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