To reduce heat loss and save cost, a combination decision model of reverb aluminum holding furnace linings in aluminum casting industry was established based on economic thickness method, and was resolved using simula...To reduce heat loss and save cost, a combination decision model of reverb aluminum holding furnace linings in aluminum casting industry was established based on economic thickness method, and was resolved using simulated annealing. Meanwhile, a three-dimensional mathematical model of aluminum holding furnace linings was developed and integrated with user-defined heat load distribution regime model. The optimal combination was as follows: side wall with 80 mm alumino-silicate fiber felts, 232 mm diatomite brick and 116 mm chamotte brick; top wall with 50 mm clay castables, 110 mm alumino-silicate fiber felts and 200 mm refractory concrete;and bottom wall with 232 mm high-alumina brick, 60 mm clay castables and 68 mm diatomite brick. Lining temperature from high to low was successively bottom wall, side wall, and top wall. Lining temperature gradient in increasing order of magnitude was refractory layer and insulation layer. It was indicated that the results of combination optimization of aluminum holding furnace linings were valid and feasible, and its thermo-physical mechanism and cost characteristics were reasonably revealed.展开更多
Conventional stir casting process has been employed for producing discontinuous particle reinforced metal matrix composites for decades. The major problem of this process is to obtain sufficient wetting of particle by...Conventional stir casting process has been employed for producing discontinuous particle reinforced metal matrix composites for decades. The major problem of this process is to obtain sufficient wetting of particle by liquid metal and to get a homogenous dispersion of the ceramic particles. In the present study, aluminium metal matrix composites were fabricated by different processing temperatures with different holding time to understand the influence of process parameters on the distribution of particle in the matrix and the resultant mechanical properties. The distribution is examined by microstructure analysis, hardness distribution and density distribution.展开更多
The intense competition in the current marketplace ha s forced firms to reexamine their methods of doing business, using superior manu facturing practices in the form of just-in-time (JIT), production with JIT pra cti...The intense competition in the current marketplace ha s forced firms to reexamine their methods of doing business, using superior manu facturing practices in the form of just-in-time (JIT), production with JIT pra ctices pursue completion on time and zero inventory, which is often instruct ed according to the custom’s demand or the sale contract. Earliness and tardine ss are undesirable because both of them will bring the extra cost, cost will als o be increased by some factors such as operation condition, intermediate storage , clean method, etc, to minimize the total cost is often the main scheduling objective, but sometime it is most important for factories to eliminate the tar diness cost in order to maintain the commercial credit and to avoid penalty, the refore, minimum of tardiness cost becomes the first objective. It is more import ant to select a reasonable objective by the actual condition during scheduli ng. In this paper scheduling problem of chemical batch process with due date is studied, two different intermediate storage policies and two different productio n modes are also discussed, production scheduling with different intermediate st orage policy and different production mode is proposed and the result is compare d. In order to complete all products within the due date, not only earliness and tardiness but also holding problem is considered, the objective is to selec t a proper intermediate storage policy and production mode and to minimize the c ost resulted by the earliness and tardiness, even the cost result by the interme diate storage. Scheduling with multiple stage and multiple machine is known as a NP-hard problem, mathematical program (MP) method, such as branch-and-bound (BAB), mixed integer linear program (MILP), etc, is often used to solve the sche duling problem. But as is well known, MP method is not good for combination opti mization, especially for large scale and complex optimal problem, whereas geneti c algorithm (GA) can overcome the MP method’s shortcoming and is fit for solvin g such scheduling problem. In this paper a modified genetic algorithm with speci al crossover operator and mutation operator is presented to solve this schedulin g problem. The results show such problem can be solved effectively with the pres ented method.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51306001)the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province(1408085QG138)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Technology University(QZ201303,QS201304)the Student Research Training Program of Anhui University of Technology(AH201310360120)
文摘To reduce heat loss and save cost, a combination decision model of reverb aluminum holding furnace linings in aluminum casting industry was established based on economic thickness method, and was resolved using simulated annealing. Meanwhile, a three-dimensional mathematical model of aluminum holding furnace linings was developed and integrated with user-defined heat load distribution regime model. The optimal combination was as follows: side wall with 80 mm alumino-silicate fiber felts, 232 mm diatomite brick and 116 mm chamotte brick; top wall with 50 mm clay castables, 110 mm alumino-silicate fiber felts and 200 mm refractory concrete;and bottom wall with 232 mm high-alumina brick, 60 mm clay castables and 68 mm diatomite brick. Lining temperature from high to low was successively bottom wall, side wall, and top wall. Lining temperature gradient in increasing order of magnitude was refractory layer and insulation layer. It was indicated that the results of combination optimization of aluminum holding furnace linings were valid and feasible, and its thermo-physical mechanism and cost characteristics were reasonably revealed.
文摘Conventional stir casting process has been employed for producing discontinuous particle reinforced metal matrix composites for decades. The major problem of this process is to obtain sufficient wetting of particle by liquid metal and to get a homogenous dispersion of the ceramic particles. In the present study, aluminium metal matrix composites were fabricated by different processing temperatures with different holding time to understand the influence of process parameters on the distribution of particle in the matrix and the resultant mechanical properties. The distribution is examined by microstructure analysis, hardness distribution and density distribution.
文摘The intense competition in the current marketplace ha s forced firms to reexamine their methods of doing business, using superior manu facturing practices in the form of just-in-time (JIT), production with JIT pra ctices pursue completion on time and zero inventory, which is often instruct ed according to the custom’s demand or the sale contract. Earliness and tardine ss are undesirable because both of them will bring the extra cost, cost will als o be increased by some factors such as operation condition, intermediate storage , clean method, etc, to minimize the total cost is often the main scheduling objective, but sometime it is most important for factories to eliminate the tar diness cost in order to maintain the commercial credit and to avoid penalty, the refore, minimum of tardiness cost becomes the first objective. It is more import ant to select a reasonable objective by the actual condition during scheduli ng. In this paper scheduling problem of chemical batch process with due date is studied, two different intermediate storage policies and two different productio n modes are also discussed, production scheduling with different intermediate st orage policy and different production mode is proposed and the result is compare d. In order to complete all products within the due date, not only earliness and tardiness but also holding problem is considered, the objective is to selec t a proper intermediate storage policy and production mode and to minimize the c ost resulted by the earliness and tardiness, even the cost result by the interme diate storage. Scheduling with multiple stage and multiple machine is known as a NP-hard problem, mathematical program (MP) method, such as branch-and-bound (BAB), mixed integer linear program (MILP), etc, is often used to solve the sche duling problem. But as is well known, MP method is not good for combination opti mization, especially for large scale and complex optimal problem, whereas geneti c algorithm (GA) can overcome the MP method’s shortcoming and is fit for solvin g such scheduling problem. In this paper a modified genetic algorithm with speci al crossover operator and mutation operator is presented to solve this schedulin g problem. The results show such problem can be solved effectively with the pres ented method.
