New Product Development NPD classes based around problem-based learning provide an effective vehicle for authentic learning and realistic design experiences. Self-reflection provides one mechanism to expose learning accomplishments to the instructor and help the students develop self-assessment skills for professional practice. As one component of a self-assessment learning process this...
Requirements management is a challenging task. For complex products, many thousands of requirements need to be managed, i.e. initially set, allocated, changed, verified etc. An approach to solving this problem is to use IT-based requirements management tools. The paper presents an empirical study of the application of such a tool...
This paper describes the financial assurance system bonding system, an incentive approach being adopted by several countries to guarantee or fund environmental obligations and ensure environmental performance. Environmental compliance involves meeting all end-of-leasing obligations, including closure and decommissioning operations. This paper also identifies the main forms of potential environmental damages...
This paper reviews studies that have successfully applied DFP techniques in a variety of product domains. In addition, the paper discusses how product development teams can create new DFP techniques that will help them create more profitable products. The presentation of these examples and guidelines should encourage the use of...
In any economic system, goods and services are produced and delivered to the end customers in the market. How well this endeavor is carried out depends on a large extent to the efforts of those who manage the whole show. In such a scenario, if a group of individuals with...
This paper describes a study, in which a dynamic finite element model is developed for pulley belt-drive systems and is employed to determine the transient and steady-state response of a prototypical belt-drive. The belt is modeled using standard truss elements, while the pulleys are modeled using rotating circular constraints, for...
This "White Paper" is intended to describe the basis of requirements contained in Mandatory Section UHX of Section VIII Division 1 of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. The discussion provides the highlights for the derivation of the analytical methodology and a discussion of the differences of between the ASME...
This first portion of this paper examines the techniques and advantages of embedding passives. Embedding passives also affects manufacturing system performance, due to a change in the processing sequence and changes to the processing times at resources. The latter portion of this paper describes a design for production tool for...
As we progress into the new century, it is fitting to pause and to reflect on the past as well as upon the future. Founded in 1966 with a vision to the needs of the future, the PVP Division has matured today to one of the largest ASME Technical Divisions...
An optical Differential Scanning Calorimeter DSC for analysis of energy process in biological systems has been developed. DSC data and cryo-microscopic images of cells or tissues can be acquired simultaneously with this system. Correlation of DSC and microscopy data facilitates the understanding of some processes such as water transport and...
This white paper documents reveals about Solar Power to be one of the best source of supplying electricity in remote areas where there is water scarcity. The paper highlights that in those areas abundant supplies of sunshine can be used to generate electricity to run pumps and also to supply...
This paper describes both current and future methods of dealing with uncertainties in thermal engineering. It introduces advanced tools and alternative methodologies that can automate not only the quantification of reliability, but can also help synthesize designs on the basis of reliability. It advocates using rapid gains in computer speed...
The paper reveals that Solar hybrid power plants have a significant potential for cost reduction when the solar energy is introduced into a gas turbine system. A new secondary concentrator with improved efficiency was designed and built. Based on an inexpensive manufacturing technology, the secondary concentrator geometry was optimized to...
This paper briefly describes the pilot-scale SFS and discusses pilot- scale results related to the performance of the convective air heater and radiant air heater. In addition, development of materials, additives, and strategies to reduce refractory and heat exchanger corrosion and modify slag behavior is discussed. It deals with testing...
The paper reveals that the use of lean gas with a small quantity of natural gas and the different lean gas productions according to the steel plant operating conditions require to give up the traditional HRSG grid type burners .The exhaust gas flow coming from the gas turbine travels from...
Selection of this specific gauge evolved primarily from reluctance on the part of users to employ thinner wall tubes. Less material separating the exhaust steam from the circulating water naturally meant less protection. This paper addresses a host of these key technical and economic issues ranging from fatigue properties and...
The paper deal in applying HiTAC for the reheating furnace. Initially it studies the optimization for the reheating furnace dimension by CFD. As the result, furnace height and burner pitch were optimized and concluded that 2-2.5m were suitable under the condition of standard furnace width 12 m and standard combustion...
This project focuses on the development of a combustion technology which uses air that is preheated to extremely high temperatures (above 1,000 °C), heretofore considered impossible. This new technology makes use of the recently developed high cycle regenerative heat exchanger, for preheating the furnace air supply. This exchanger preheats air...
This study uses a spectroscopic method that was applied to measure the 2-D temperature distribution of luminous flames during the spray combustion of heavy oil in the test furnace. The method is based on the two-color thermometry, in which the ratio of two spectral intensities of continuum emission is taken...
A preliminary work, investigating the geometrical and running characteristics of a non conventional heat pump, operating with a couple of operative fluids (canier fluid-working fluid) in the usual range of 50-70 °C, has been made. De-mineralized water has been considered as carrier fluid. A thermo gravimetric plant, unlike a conventional...
