The thermodynamic properties of CO2-mixtures are essential for the design and operation of CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) systems. A better understanding of the thermodynamic properties of CO2 mixtures could provide a scientific basis to define a proper guideline of CO2 purity and impure components for the CCS processes according to technical, safety and environmental requirements. However the available accurate experimental data cannot cover the whole operation conditions of CCS processes. In order to overcome the shortage of experimental data, theoretical estimation and modelling are used as a supplemental approach.   In this thesis, the available experimental data on the thermodynamic properties of CO2 mixtures were first collected, and their applicability and gaps for theoretical model verification and calibration were also determined according to the required thermodynamic properties and operation conditions of CCS. Then in order to provide recommendations concerning calculation methods for engineering design of CCS, totally eight equations of state (EOS) were evaluated for the calculations about vapour liquid equilibrium (VLE) and density of CO2-mixtures, including N2, O2, SO2, Ar, H2S and CH4.   With the identified equations of state, the preliminary assessment of impurity impacts was further conducted regarding the thermodynamic properties of CO2-mixtures and different processes involved in CCS system. Results show that the increment of the mole fraction of non-condensable gases would make purification, compression and condensation more difficult. Comparatively N2 can be separated more easily from the CO2-mixtures than O2 and Ar. And a lower CO2 recovery rate is expected for the physical separation of CO2/N2 under the same separation conditions. In addition, the evaluations about the acceptable concentration of non-condensable impurities show that the transport conditions in vessels are more sensitive to the non-condensable impurities and it requires very low concentration of non-condensable impurities in order to avoid two-phase problems.   Meanwhile, the performances of evaporative gas turbine integrated with different CO2 capture technologies were investigated from both technical and economical aspects. It is concluded that the evaporative gas turbine (EvGT) cycle with chemical absorption capture has a smaller penalty on electrical efficiency, while a lower CO2 capture ratio than the EvGT cycle with O2/CO2 recycle combustion capture. Therefore, although EvGT + chemical absorption has a higher annual cost, it has a lower cost of electricity because of its higher efficiency. However considering its lower CO2 capture ratio, EvGT + chemical absorption has a higher cost to avoid 1 ton CO2. In addition the efficiency of EvGT + chemical absorption can be increased by optimizing Water/Air ratio, increasing the operating pressure of stripper and adding a flue gas condenser condensing out the excessive water. / QC 20100819

The main goal of this diploma thesis "IT systems reliability analysis" is to analyse and suggest the best PC component seller according to criterion of minimum costs for guarantee services. Theoretical part deals with general importance of technical systems reliability and brings methodological basis for reliability analysis and describes methods and ways how to increase reliability in practise. Following part is focused on identification computer most critical component through Failure Tree Analysis method and modelling its failure-free time by using Weibull analysis. On the base of maintenance costs analysis was chosen the most appropriate distributor.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-07-08T15:39:05Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DissertacaoMestrado-LubnniaMorais.pdf: 1068810 bytes, checksum: 0fb0e8db76865a85052555adeb36a048 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-08T15:39:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) DissertacaoMestrado-LubnniaMorais.pdf: 1068810 bytes, checksum: 0fb0e8db76865a85052555adeb36a048 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-13 / A globalização e os avanços tecnológicos têm forçado as empresas a aumentar a produtividade e reduzir custos. Ao mesmo tempo, os clientes estão cada vez mais exigindo melhores produtos considerando atributos tangíveis (ex.: aroma, cor, sabor, textura, entre outros) e intangíveis (ex.: marca, comércio justo e responsabilidade ambiental). O café é um dos produtos agrícolas mais importantes do mercado mundial, considerado a força propulsora do desenvolvimento sócio-econômico para muitas regiões, além de ser produzido em todos os continentes. Vale ser ressaltado que o café é uma das bebidas mais consumidas no mundo, sendo a segunda maior commodity 1 negociada depois do petróleo. Para a economia brasileira, o café é uma atividade tradicional e de grande inserção no mercado internacional. É responsável pela geração de um grande número de empregos em todos os setores da economia, indo desde os setores de máquinas, equipamentos e insumos, passando pela produção no campo e pela indústria, até o setor de serviços, como logística e comércio. Atualmente o Brasil consolida a posição de maior produtor e exportador mundial de café, sendo responsável por 30% do mercado internacional de café. Logo é necessário analisar cada vez mais o processo de produção do café, a fim de aumentar a capacidade de produção do sistema, bem como reduzir simultâneamente os custos, sejam devidos à operação, manutenção, pontualidade na execução das tarefas ou ociosidade do equipamento. Tal análise quando corretamente aplicada, é capaz de evidenciar os principais pontos de gargalo, sobre os quais os gerentes de produção devem manter o foco e otimizá-los a fim de aumentar a vantagem competitiva de empresa. A avaliação do desempenho do processo de manufatura é de grande importância para detectar problemas no processo de produção (ex.: gargalos), bem como elementos para reduzir os custos, uma vez que as falhas geram custos durante o desenvolvimento, durante a produção e em serviço (B., 2008). A análise de desempenho puro de processos de fabricação assume que os processos não falham. Esta hipótese não é verdadeira, pois a maioria dos processos de fabricação podem continuar as suas operações, mesmo na presença de falhas. Logo, a realização da análise combinada de desempenho e disponibilidade, chamada performabilidade, é essencial. Este trabalho apresenta um modelo estocástico para avaliação de performabilidade e planejamento de processo do fabricação de café com o objetivo de reduzir o custo e o tempo do ciclo de produção. Um estudo de caso industrial mostra a utilidade prática dos modelos e metodologia proposta. Além disso, as estimativas obtidas a partir do modelo mostram que a abordagem proposta é de fato uma boa aproximação para as respectivas medidas obtidas a partir do processo real de fabricação do café. / Globalization and advanced manufacturing technologies have forced manufacturing firms to increase productivity while reducing costs. At the same time, customers are increasingly demanding better products considering tangible (e.g., smell, color, taste, texture, etc.) and intangible (e.g., mark, fair treading environmental responsability) attributes. Coffee is one of the most important agricultural products in the world market, considered the driving force of socio-economic development for many regions, besides being produced on every continent. Is worth be emphasized that coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world and is the second largest commodity traded after oil. For the Brazilian economy, the coffee is a traditional activity and of large insertion in the international market. It is responsible for generating a large number of jobs in all sectors of the economy, ranging from the sectors of machinery, equipment and supplies, through production in the field and industry to the service sector, such as logistics and trade. Currently, Brazil consolidates a position as the largest producer and exporter of coffee, accounting for 30% of the international coffee market. Therefore we analyze the coffee production process in order to increase the system’s production capacity and reduce costs simultaneously, are due to the operation, maintenance, on-time execution of tasks or idle equipment. Such analysis when properly applied, is able to show the main points of bottleneck, on which production managers must stay focused and optimize them in order to increase the competitive advantage of the company. The evaluation of the performance of the manufacturing process is very important to detect problems in the production process (ex .: bottlenecks), as well as elements to reduce costs, since faults generate costs in development, production and during service (B., 2008). The pure performance analysis of manufacturing processes assumes that the processes do not fail. This hypothesis is not true, since most manufacturing processes can continue to operate even in the presence of faults. Therefore, the performance of the combined analysis of performance and availability, call performability, is essential. This work presents a stochastic model for performability evaluation and planning of coffee manufacturing process aiming to reduce the cost and time of the production cycle. An industrial case study shows the practical usability of the proposed models and techniques. Besides, the estimates obtained from the model show that the proposed approach is indeed a good approximation to the respective measures obtained from the real coffee manufacturing process.

Yes / Evaluation of economic aspects is one of the main milestones that affect taking rapid actions in dealing with GHGs mitigation; in particular, avoiding CO2 emissions from large source points, such as power plants. In the present study, three kinds of capturing solutions for coal power plants as the most common source of electricity generation have been studied from technical and economic standpoints. Aspen HYSYS (ver.11) has been used to simulate the overall processes, calculate the battery limit, and assess required equipment. The Taylor scoring method has been utilized to calculate the costliness indexes, assessing the capital and investment costs of a 230 MW power plant using anthracite coal with and without post-combustion, pre-combustion, and oxy-fuel combustion CO2 capture technologies. Comparing the costs and the levelized cost of electricity, it was found that pre-combustion is more costly, to the extent that the total investment for it is approximately 1.6 times higher than the oxy-fuel process. Finally, post-combustion, in terms of maturity and cost-effectiveness, seems to be more attractive, since the capital cost and indirect costs are less. Most importantly, this can be applied to the existing plants without major disruption to the current operation of the plants.