Gamification in Industry: Simulation-Game Modeling of Production Processes

Prior research has shown qualitatively that organizations can increase the value created in their production and assembly processes through the implementation of three-dimensional (3D) product models in those processes. This paper moves beyond qualitative value to develop and calibrate a quantitative model for the value of 3D product model use in production and assembly processes. The principal contributions of this research are development of the quantitative model and determination of the quantitative value of deploying the 3D product model in assembly and production processes; findings developed through interviews with industry experts in industrial and systems engineering to gather the model inputs, calculate the outputs, and then calibrate the model with those industry experts. These results are then compared against the qualitative value categories from prior research to determine the alignment in order and magnitude with the quantitative model results. This paper concludes with a recommendation of where both industry and academia focus future implementation efforts and research based upon the associated results demonstrated in both the qualitative and quantitative model on the value of 3D product model use in assembly and production processes.

Recent advances in CFD modeling of bioethanol production processes

The authors investigate the problems of the development of the oil and gas complex at the last stage of operation, when oil is extracted by lifting. The main methods of lifting employed in the Russian Federation and the USA are described. A particular focus is placed on large water cuts at this stage of oil production. Literature on the issue under investigation is reviewed and the problem is set to analyze and construct models of oil production processes at the stage of well operation by lifting methods using network analysis (electrical circuits) in order to rationally manage all processes comprehensively. A typical flow chart of the oil production process by lifting methods is described. Technological processes of oil production are compared to processes in electric circuits. Thus the process of pumping purified formation water into injection wells by means of block cluster pumping units is similar to the process of recharging a battery using an electric power generator. The process of filling a production well with gas-liquid mixture displaced from the formation under pressure of injection wells is similar to the process of charging a capacitor from a battery, the process of lifting liquid from production wells using production pumps — to the process of discharging a capacitor on an active load. The simplified electrical diagram of a typical flow chart of oil production processes at this stage is given. Based on the given equivalent electrical circuit of technological processes, according to the laws of theoretical electrical engineering, models of the battery charging, capacitor charging and discharging processes are built. The table of correspondence of the parameters of technological and electrical circuits is presented on the basis of which the authors propose simplified models of the processes of pumping purified formation water into injection wells using unit cluster pumping stations, of filling a production well under pressure of the injection well, lifting liquid from production wells by means of suction pumps and conditions under which various operating modes of lifting processes are achieved.

Енергетична ефективність та енергозбереження, енергетична безпека, моніторинг, діагностика та управління енергетичними процесами та обладнанням на сьогодні є особливо актуальними питаннями в енергетичній галузі. Енергетична система України має низку проблем, які потребують як невідкладного, так і системного вирішення. Це стосується не стільки потужностей, генерацій, скільки «артерій» системи, до яких відносяться лінії високовольтних передач, системи розподілу потужностей, трансформатори, підстанції, ті пристрої, які забезпечують саме транспортування електричної енергії від генерації до споживача. Для забезпечення європейського рівня обслуговування споживачів енергетичне господарство потребує системної модернізації розподільних мереж. Одним із складників комплексного вирішення вищезазначеної проблеми є розроблення методів знаходження всіх можливих режимів у мережах довільної конфігурації при розрахунках усталених режимів електричних мереж. Теорії створення геометричних моделей багатовимірного простору, розробленню методів та засобів їх дослідження присвячено ряд робіт, що підтверджують її ефективність при автоматизованому моделюванні процесів сучасного виробництва. Комп’ютерне графічне моделювання дозволяє забезпечити повноту і наочність досліджень, що проводяться, розширює можливості прогнозування, аналізу та управління процесами. Існуючі способи розрахунку дозволяють знаходити один чи, в кращому випадку, декілька окремих розв’язків. Використання пропонованого методу геометричного моделювання усталених режимів електричних мереж постійного струму з n споживачами у вигляді відповідних багатовидів як моделей складних багатопараметричних залежностей дозволяє створити алгоритми розрахунків таких режимів. Це також дозволяє здійснювати автоматизоване моделювання багатопараметричних процесів різної фізичної природи в енергетиці. Геометричні засоби вирішення прикладної задачі розрахунку усталених режимів електричних мереж ілюструють широкі можливості геометричного моделювання досліджуваної залежності у вигляді багатовиду, який гарантує повноту рішення і його наочність.

Product configuration systems are an emerging technology that supports companies in deploying mass customization strategies. Such strategies need to cover the management of the whole customizable product cycle. Adding process modeling and configuration features to a product configurator may improve its ability to assist mass customization development. In this paper, we describe a modeling framework, PRODPROC, that allows one to model both a product and its production process. We first introduce our framework by describing how configurable products are modeled. Then, we describe the main features and capabilities offered to model production processes and to link them with the corresponding products models. The configuration task (namely, the procedure that, from a configurable object/activity generates a configured product/process) is then analyzed. We also outline a possible CSP-based implementation of a configurator. A comparison with some of the existing systems for product configuration and process modeling emphasizes that none of the considered system/tools offers the complete set of features supported by PRODPROC for interdependent product and process modeling/configuration.

Observability being the dual of controllability is an advisable property for any dynamic model of bio-based chemical production processes encompassing substrate consumption, bacterial growth and products formation. In this study we show a mathematical model of these processes and present a novel observability analysis. The invertibility properties of the observability mapping of this model in a space-time domain are analysed independently of the discretization of such domains and indicate the existence of subdomains where the measurement of the output may not be sufficiently accurate to allow reconstructing the states of the system.

Measuring energy performance with sectoral heterogeneity: A non-parametric frontier approach

The article presents an analysis of possibilities offered by the use of modelling and simulation method in production management, by presenting its essence, types and examples of production process models. In addition, the article presents the characteristics of computer modelling and simulation systems, which help to streamline production processes. The most commonly used programs such as AnyLogic, ShowFlow 2 and Rockwell Arena were described in detail. The concepts of modelling and simulation have been also clarified.

This chapter presents the model of research content development and production processes used by the Children's Television Workshop for math and science materials for school age child care programs.

Batching decisions for assembly production systems

Problem statement. Construction is one of the most important sectors of the national economy, ensuring the creation and reconstruction of buildings and structures and infrastructure facilities. In modern construction, there are constant changes in building structures made of various materials; spatial planning and design solutions for industrial buildings; rational design and operating conditions of building structures and buildings and structures; improvement of technology and organization of construction processes related to the construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures and their complexes, in particular in special conditions; design of technological processes and organization of construction production using modern information support and computer technology; comprehensive mechanization and automation of construction processes. There are also changes in the planning and organization of construction work, due to the introduction of building information modeling technologies in combination with artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. Installation work is a leading complex process in the construction of buildings, the quality and durability of the building's operation will depend on the characteristics of its execution. In this regard, research devoted to the issues of variant design of the organization of installation of structures of single-story buildings of industrial enterprises depending on production conditions is relevant and timely. The purpose of the work: development of scientifically based recommendations regarding the system of factors that determine the specifics of the technology and organization of installation of structures during the reconstruction of industrial one-story buildings. The formulated goal necessitated the solution of the following tasks: analysis of foreign and domestic experience, legislative acts, regulatory documents on the performance of works on the installation of industrial building structures during the reconstruction of existing industrial enterprises; analysis of the features of architectural, spatial planning and constructive solutions of industrial buildings and the conditions of production of works during the reconstruction of industrial buildings; to substantiate the system of factors that have a decisive influence on the duration, cost and labor intensity of the reconstruction of industrial single-story buildings. The object of research: the process of installing structures of single-story industrial buildings during the reconstruction of existing enterprises. The subject of the research: architectural, spatial planning and structural solutions of industrial one-story buildings; organizational and technological solutions for the production of installation works during the reconstruction of existing enterprises. Research methods: analysis and generalization; systems theory and systems analysis; modeling of production processes, methods of organizational and technological modeling. Practical significance of the results obtained: the results of the work performed can be used in creating models for predicting the values of technical and economic indicators (duration, cost, labor intensity) of projects for the reconstruction of industrial one-story buildings. Main part. Substantiation of the system of factors that reflect the features of architectural, spatial planning and constructive solutions of industrial buildings and the specifics of the conditions for the production of works during the reconstruction of industrial one-story buildings and have a decisive influence on the duration, cost and labor intensity of the reconstruction of industrial one-story buildings to compare alternative organizational and technological solutions for the reconstruction of industrial buildings and choose the most rational one, various technical and economic indicators of the efficiency of construction work are used. Conclusions. To predict the values of technical and economic indicators within the existing resource and time constraints, a set of factors has been formed that influence the duration, cost and labor intensity of the reconstruction of industrial single-story buildings. Taking into account the complex influence of factors that reflect the features of the construction master plan, spatial planning decisions, design decisions, and the performance of installation and dismantling works will allow making informed decisions regarding the reconstruction of industrial one-story buildings. With the involvement of experts, 10 out of 20 factors were identified that reflect the specifics of the reconstruction of industrial one-story buildings and determine the effectiveness of organizational and technological solutions (duration, cost, labor intensity). To create models for predicting the values of technical and economic indicators of projects for the reconstruction of industrial one-story buildings, quantitative values of factors that have the greatest impact on technical and economic indicators were obtained.

Simulation software Tecnomatix Plant Simulation was originally created for a modelling and subsequent simulation of production and logistics processes. Its variability, however, opens its use also in other areas such as transport in urban agglomerations. Based on that, research was implemented to verify the program’s application in urban transport, specifically to visualize and simulate traffic processes at the traffic node. The paper describes a methodology which made it possible to create a simulation program for traffic light intersections, and presents examples of the simulation model application. The proposed methodology will enable the application of Tecnomatix Plant Simulation to create a complex simulation model of the logistics process. It will mainly enable to simulate the field of production logistics and city logistics within one simulation model.

Sanding experiments were carried out on weak sandstones with uniaxial compressive strengths in the range of 2 MPa to 25 MPa. The sandstones were either reservoir rocks or those with appropriate physical and mechanical properties to be good model materials. The experiments involved simulating a perforation or openhole well, by flowing fluid/gas down a hole in a cylindrical rock sample. No radial flow component was present. The flow velocity could be varied, while the sample was hydrostatically stressed to values up to 70 MPa. Deformation of the hole, and the initiation and subsequent flow of sand are viewed and monitored using a specially designed optical method. Significant differences in behavior were seen for the different rock types. The weakest rock showed compactant behavior, whereas the stronger rocks showed a more brittle response with the formation of breakouts in sanding tests. The data will be used in the future in the elastoplastic modeling of the perforation geometry. Experiments of this type provide a simple route to direct observation of sanding in experimental perforations or openhole wells, and give new insight into the mechanisms of failure and the diversity of these mechanisms with different rock types. P. 97

A general non-equilibrium formulation of quantum statistical mechanics allows for statistical as well as for dynamical features of a system. From our two-step dynamical model formulated in this frame we then discuss the diffractive production of a leading particle and secondaries deriving from the “evaporation” of a simultaneously produced fireball.

A new safety risk assessment model for battery pack production processes was developed using the DEMATEL-ANP method to analyze the impact and complex relationships of risk-influencing factors. Initially, five major risk-influencing factors were identified, leading to the construction of a 15-factor indicator system. Through the DEMATEL method, these factors were categorized into cause and result factors. Subsequently, by combining the DEMATEL and ANP methods, key risk-influencing factors were identified by comparing ANP weights with hybrid weights adjusted through the DEMATEL-ANP method. Finally, integrating the DEMATEL-ANP method with the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method allowed us to assess the overall fire safety risk level. Our findings highlighted “hazards in the test process” and “fire hazards” as critical risk factors needing control and elimination in the highly hazardous battery pack production process. This method offers dynamic evaluation and valuable insights for safety management in battery pack production.