Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-155). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 23, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-207). Also issued in print.

Thesis (M. App. Sc.) -- University of Adelaide, Department of Chemical, Engineering, 1966.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Texas, Dec., 2009. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. S.)--Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. / Committee Co-Chair: Dr. S. Mostafa Ghiaasiaan; Committee Co-Chair: Dr. S.I. Abdel-Khalik; Committee Member: Dr. Sheldon M. Jeter.

Thesis (M.Eng. (Mechanical )) -- University of Pretoria, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-81)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

The purpose of this thesis is to study how the interaction between lean and sustainability theories works in the logistics department of a manufacturing company. The research has been developed by applying a Value Stream Map with adjusted factors to help to map the flow of materials throughout the department. Literature review have shown connections between lean and sustainability, but it has yet to be evaluated focusing on the logistics department. After the analysis of the current state of the factory under the two methodologies, an improved layout has been proposed. The results have concluded that Value Stream Map is a valuable tool to understand the performance of a company under both theories. The addition of the sustainability perspective to the lean tool has created the opportunity to evaluate more factors, which lead to more opportunities in the proposition of future state for the flow of material. It gives also the possibility to extend the “continuous improvement” (Kaizen) principle of lean to the sustainability areas in an efficient way.

This master´s thesis is aimed at the analyse of the production of lacquers and paints and at its expansion in the Sherwin-Williams Czech republic company. At first particular activities of the company are presented and then several variants of the expansion are suggested, among them belongs the implementation of the operation in shifts, the modernization of equipment and the increase in the number of workers. After the exploration of influences of these variants on logistic processes and the exploration of related costs and merits the modernization is chosen as the optimal variant for the expected level of the demand.

O Brasil é, ao mesmo tempo, o maior produtor e o maior consumidor de carvão vegetal do mundo, com aproximadamente 85% da produção destinada à siderurgia, 12% à cocção de alimentos e os outros 3% às indústrias farmacêuticas, químicas e cimenteiras. O processo de transformação de madeira em carvão vegetal é caracterizado por apresentar baixo rendimento gravimétrico e por gerar outros produtos, como atiço, finos, gases condensáveis e gases não condensáveis. Diante disso, o estudo do fluxo de energia da carbonização é de fundamental importância para relacionar a entrada de madeira (matéria-prima) e a saída de carvão vegetal (principal produto) do processo e, contabilizar a energia disponível e consumida no produto final, representado por uma unidade energética os fatores de produção. O desempenho energético é apresentado na forma de indicadores como balanço, lucratividade e intensidade energética. Dessa forma, este estudo tem como objetivo geral estimar o desempenho energético da produção de carvão vegetal em diferentes processos (fornos retangulares, fornos circulares com fornalha e fornos de encostas) diante da proposição de um modelo téorico utilizando variáveis do processo de carbonização, como o rendimento gravimétrico, o poder calorífico, a umidade (madeira e carvão vegetal), a mão de obra e as operações mecanizadas. Para isso, o trabalho foi conduzido em etapas. A primeira ocorreu com base em um levantamento dos dados da produção realizado por meio de questionários, entrevista e visitas. A segunda, em função da particularidade de cada processo, algumas variáveis foram correlacionados com pesquisas bibliográficas. A terceira sucedeu por meio das estimativas dos materiais utilizados na produção do carvão, assim como a energia envolvida. Ao final, identificou-se que o processo que utiliza o forno de encosta apresenta o melhor desempenho energético e que as variáveis mão de obra e operações mecanizadas pouco influenciam na determinação do desempenho energético. / At the same time, Brazil is the largest producer and largest consumer of charcoal in the world, with approximately 85% of production for the steel industry, 12% for food cooking and the other 3% for the pharmaceutical, chemical and cement industries. The process of transformation of wood into charcoal is characterized by low gravimetric yield and to generate other products, such as ash, fines, condensable gases and non-condensable gases. Therefore, the study of carbonization energy flow is of fundamental importance to relate the input of wood (raw material) and the output of charcoal (main product) of the process and to account for the energy available and consumed in the final product, represented by an energy unit the factors of production. Energy performance is presented in the form of indicators such as balance sheet, profitability and energy intensity. Thus, this study has as a general objective to estimate the energy performance of charcoal production in different processes (rectangular furnaces, furnace circular furnaces and slope furnaces) before proposing a theoretical model using variables of the carbonization process, such as gravimetric efficiency, calorific value, moisture (wood and charcoal), manpower and mechanized operations. For this, the work was conducted in stages. The first one was based on a survey of production data by means of questionnaires, interviews and visits. The second, due to the particularity of each process, some variables were correlated with bibliographical research. The third was achieved by estimating the materials used in the production of coal, as well as the energy involved. At the end, it was identified that the process that uses the hillside furnace presents the best energy performance and that the variables labor and mechanized operations have little influence in the determination of the energy performance.