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Woody biomass is most widely used for energy production. In the United States, roughly 2% of the energy consumed annually is generated from wood and wood-derived fuels. Woody biomass needs to be preprocessed and pretreated before it is used for energy production. Preprocessing and pretreatments improve the physical, chemical, and rheological properties, making them more suitable for feeding, handling, storage transportation, and conversion. Mechanical preprocessing technologies such as size reduction and densification, help improve particle size distribution and density. Thermal pretreatment can reduce grinding energy and torrefied ground biomass has improved sphericity, particle surface area, and particle size distribution. This book focuses on several specific topics, such as understanding how forest biomass for biofuels impacts greenhouse gas emissions; mechanical preprocessing, such as densification of forest residue biomass, to improve physical properties such as size, shape, and density; the impact of thermal pretreatment temperatures on woody biomass chemical composition, physical properties, and microstructure for thermochemical conversions such as pyrolysis and gasification; the grindability of torrefied pellets; use of wood for gasification and as a filter for tar removal; and understanding the pyrolysis kinetics of biomass using thermogravimetric analyzers.

grindability --- torrefied biomass --- pellet --- energy consumption --- co-firing --- biomass --- gasification --- tar --- syngas cleaning --- dry filter --- pyrolysis --- chemical composition --- micro-structure --- physical properties --- scanning electron microscopy --- wood --- thermal pretreatment --- torrefaction --- timber --- harvest residues --- ethanol --- GHG savings --- Michigan --- variety and rootstock selection --- almond tree --- agricultural practices --- halophytes --- Phoenix dactylifera --- Salicornia bigelovii --- thermogravimetric analysis --- torrefied biomass --- correlation --- ultimate analysis --- solid yield --- heating value --- OLS --- 2-inch top pine residue + switchgrass blends --- pelleting process variables --- pellet quality --- specific energy consumption --- response surface models --- hybrid genetic algorithm --- pelleting --- functional groups --- pellet strength --- combustion efficiency --- forest biomass --- Australia --- biomass energy potential --- emission --- bioenergy

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Although the design and management of manufacturing systems have been explored in the literature for many years now, they still remain topical problems in the current scientific research. The changing market trends, globalization, the constant pressure to reduce production costs, and technical and technological progress make it necessary to search for new manufacturing methods and ways of organizing them, and to modify manufacturing system design paradigms. This book presents current research in different areas connected with the design and management of manufacturing systems and covers such subject areas as: methods supporting the design of manufacturing systems, methods of improving maintenance processes in companies, the design and improvement of manufacturing processes, the control of production processes in modern manufacturing systems production methods and techniques used in modern manufacturing systems and environmental aspects of production and their impact on the design and management of manufacturing systems. The wide range of research findings reported in this book confirms that the design of manufacturing systems is a complex problem and that the achievement of goals set for modern manufacturing systems requires interdisciplinary knowledge and the simultaneous design of the product, process and system, as well as the knowledge of modern manufacturing and organizational methods and techniques.

Technology: general issues --- efficiency --- production processes --- machinery --- production maintenance --- logistic regression --- production process capability --- product quality --- monitoring of production processes --- process variables --- production planning optimization --- closed-loop green supply chain --- government subsidy --- stackelberg game --- re-manufacturing --- polish manufacturing company --- additive manufacturing technology --- questionnaire survey --- empirical research --- semi-Markov model --- Markov model --- empirical data distribution --- readiness --- production machines --- 8 disciplines method --- custom cable assemblies --- defects --- functional test --- customer satisfaction --- hard computing approach --- p-median problem --- generalized cell formation --- assembly-line balancing --- multi-objective optimization --- simulated annealing --- multilayer network --- production process design --- unit and small-lot production design for manufacturability --- fuzzy logic --- eco-design --- end-of-life treatment --- recycling --- solar power plant --- wind power plant --- life cycle analysis --- advanced industrial engineering --- modelling and simulation --- factory of the future --- smart factory --- manufacturing systems --- production planning optimisation --- decision support --- additive manufacturing --- fused filament fabrication --- CFR-PEEK --- optimal process parameters --- manufacturing performance --- multiple response optimization --- reconfigurable manufacturing system --- Petri net --- deadlock --- siphon --- supervisory controller --- reengineering --- simulation --- productivity --- batch processors --- real-time control --- dispatching --- wafer fabrication --- semiconductor manufacturing --- system-wide performance --- robust scheduling --- predictive scheduling --- machine failure --- failure prediction --- constraint programming --- constraint satisfaction problem --- cost estimation --- decision support systems --- multicriteria optimization --- production planning --- project management --- layout --- 3D printing devices --- methods of optimizing the arrangement of workstations --- car tire production process --- rubber industry --- environmental impact --- Life Cycle Assessment --- entire product lifecycle --- decision-making process --- lean maintenance --- effectiveness --- decision trees --- rough set theory --- n/a

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Although the design and management of manufacturing systems have been explored in the literature for many years now, they still remain topical problems in the current scientific research. The changing market trends, globalization, the constant pressure to reduce production costs, and technical and technological progress make it necessary to search for new manufacturing methods and ways of organizing them, and to modify manufacturing system design paradigms. This book presents current research in different areas connected with the design and management of manufacturing systems and covers such subject areas as: methods supporting the design of manufacturing systems, methods of improving maintenance processes in companies, the design and improvement of manufacturing processes, the control of production processes in modern manufacturing systems production methods and techniques used in modern manufacturing systems and environmental aspects of production and their impact on the design and management of manufacturing systems. The wide range of research findings reported in this book confirms that the design of manufacturing systems is a complex problem and that the achievement of goals set for modern manufacturing systems requires interdisciplinary knowledge and the simultaneous design of the product, process and system, as well as the knowledge of modern manufacturing and organizational methods and techniques.

Technology: general issues --- efficiency --- production processes --- machinery --- production maintenance --- logistic regression --- production process capability --- product quality --- monitoring of production processes --- process variables --- production planning optimization --- closed-loop green supply chain --- government subsidy --- stackelberg game --- re-manufacturing --- polish manufacturing company --- additive manufacturing technology --- questionnaire survey --- empirical research --- semi-Markov model --- Markov model --- empirical data distribution --- readiness --- production machines --- 8 disciplines method --- custom cable assemblies --- defects --- functional test --- customer satisfaction --- hard computing approach --- p-median problem --- generalized cell formation --- assembly-line balancing --- multi-objective optimization --- simulated annealing --- multilayer network --- production process design --- unit and small-lot production design for manufacturability --- fuzzy logic --- eco-design --- end-of-life treatment --- recycling --- solar power plant --- wind power plant --- life cycle analysis --- advanced industrial engineering --- modelling and simulation --- factory of the future --- smart factory --- manufacturing systems --- production planning optimisation --- decision support --- additive manufacturing --- fused filament fabrication --- CFR-PEEK --- optimal process parameters --- manufacturing performance --- multiple response optimization --- reconfigurable manufacturing system --- Petri net --- deadlock --- siphon --- supervisory controller --- reengineering --- simulation --- productivity --- batch processors --- real-time control --- dispatching --- wafer fabrication --- semiconductor manufacturing --- system-wide performance --- robust scheduling --- predictive scheduling --- machine failure --- failure prediction --- constraint programming --- constraint satisfaction problem --- cost estimation --- decision support systems --- multicriteria optimization --- production planning --- project management --- layout --- 3D printing devices --- methods of optimizing the arrangement of workstations --- car tire production process --- rubber industry --- environmental impact --- Life Cycle Assessment --- entire product lifecycle --- decision-making process --- lean maintenance --- effectiveness --- decision trees --- rough set theory --- efficiency --- production processes --- machinery --- production maintenance --- logistic regression --- production process capability --- product quality --- monitoring of production processes --- process variables --- production planning optimization --- closed-loop green supply chain --- government subsidy --- stackelberg game --- re-manufacturing --- polish manufacturing company --- additive manufacturing technology --- questionnaire survey --- empirical research --- semi-Markov model --- Markov model --- empirical data distribution --- readiness --- production machines --- 8 disciplines method --- custom cable assemblies --- defects --- functional test --- customer satisfaction --- hard computing approach --- p-median problem --- generalized cell formation --- assembly-line balancing --- multi-objective optimization --- simulated annealing --- multilayer network --- production process design --- unit and small-lot production design for manufacturability --- fuzzy logic --- eco-design --- end-of-life treatment --- recycling --- solar power plant --- wind power plant --- life cycle analysis --- advanced industrial engineering --- modelling and simulation --- factory of the future --- smart factory --- manufacturing systems --- production planning optimisation --- decision support --- additive manufacturing --- fused filament fabrication --- CFR-PEEK --- optimal process parameters --- manufacturing performance --- multiple response optimization --- reconfigurable manufacturing system --- Petri net --- deadlock --- siphon --- supervisory controller --- reengineering --- simulation --- productivity --- batch processors --- real-time control --- dispatching --- wafer fabrication --- semiconductor manufacturing --- system-wide performance --- robust scheduling --- predictive scheduling --- machine failure --- failure prediction --- constraint programming --- constraint satisfaction problem --- cost estimation --- decision support systems --- multicriteria optimization --- production planning --- project management --- layout --- 3D printing devices --- methods of optimizing the arrangement of workstations --- car tire production process --- rubber industry --- environmental impact --- Life Cycle Assessment --- entire product lifecycle --- decision-making process --- lean maintenance --- effectiveness --- decision trees --- rough set theory