this paper presents the steady state behavior and maintenance planning of the bleaching system in a paper plant. the paper plant comprises of various systems including feeding, chipping, digesting, washing, bleaching, screening, stock preparation and paper making, etc. one of the most important functionaries of a paper plant, on which quality of paper depends, is the bleaching system, where rem...

The value of a software engineering experience repository like for any other experience-based information systems tends to degrade with time. To keep the value of such a system, evaluation and maintenance is an essential. While evaluation monitors the "value" over time, maintenance has to preserve or improve this "value". Evaluation and maintenance should not simply happen ad-hoc but systematic...

The value of most experience-based information systems tends to degrade with time. To keep the value of such a system, evaluation and maintenance is an essential. While evaluation monitors the "value" over time, maintenance has to preserve or improve this "value". Evaluation and maintenance should not simply happen ad-hoc but systematically and based on specific quality and maintenance knowledg...

In spite of increasing demands for service, many municipal street departments in Iowa have faced budget shortfalls due to revenue limitations. These budget shortfalls do not allow them to maintain an aging street system adequately without careful planning. Thin maintenance surface (TMS) techniques have been developed to extend pavement life by mitigating existing distresses. TMS techniques, suc...

A major competitive advantage of production and service systems is establishing a proper maintenance policy. Therefore, maintenance managers should make maintenance decisions that best fit their systems. Multi-criterion decision-making methods can take into account a number of aspects associated with the competitiveness factors of a system. This paper presents a multi-criterio...

membrane-based technologies have increasingly been chosen in desalination processes, which is evidenced by the increase of large-scale plants constructed in recent years. indeed, several appropriate strategies should be considered to minimize problems faced during the construction, such as membrane system designs, area requirement, energy requirement, operation and maintenance, and environmenta...