Search Results - "Weijnen, M."

A conceptual framework for the analysis of the effect of institutions on biofuel supply chains by Moncada, J.A., Lukszo, Z., Junginger, M., Faaij, A., Weijnen, M.

“…•Proposes a conceptual framework to analyze biofuel supply chains.•The German biodiesel supply chain was formalized into an agent-based model.•Patterns in…”
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Modelling the interaction between policies and international trade flows for liquid biofuels: an agent-based modelling approach by van Tol, M.C.M., Moncada, J.A., Lukszo, Z., Weijnen, M.

“…World biofuel production and trade have grown exponentially in the last decade. Nevertheless, the interaction between the markets for oilseeds…”
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Exploring path dependence, policy interactions, and actor behavior in the German biodiesel supply chain by Moncada, J.A., Junginger, M., Lukszo, Z., Faaij, A., Weijnen, M.

“…•The effects of both agricultural and bioenergy policy interventions are explored.•The timing of intervention of bioenergy policies determined the system’s…”
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Exploring policy options to spur the expansion of ethanol production and consumption in Brazil: An agent-based modeling approach by Moncada, J.A., Verstegen, J.A., Posada, J.A., Junginger, M., Lukszo, Z., Faaij, A., Weijnen, M.

“…The Brazilian government aims to increase the share of biofuels in the energy mix to around 18% by 2030, which implies an increase of ethanol production from…”
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Integrated optimal reliable design, production, and maintenance planning for multipurpose process plants by Goel, Harish D., Grievink, J., Weijnen, M.P.C.

“…In multipurpose process plants, which are characterized by sharing different resources (equipment, manpower etc.) for production, unplanned equipment shutdown…”
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Optimal reliability design of process systems at the conceptual stage of design by Goel, H., Grievink, J., Herder, P., Weijnen, M.

“…Chemical plant availability is a critical driver of the economic performance of a chemical production plant. In order to ensure high plant availability,…”
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Functional Modelling for a Sustainable Petrochemical Industry by Dijkema, G.P.J., Grievink, J., Weijnen, M.P.C.

“…In a transition towards a sustainable petrochemical industry, its systemic structure and functions must be considered degrees-of-freedom in the search for and…”
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Assessment of the quality of the design process and the design of chemical plants with Piquar by Herder, P.M., Weijnen, M.P.C.

“…Through industrial case studies and interviews in industrial practice, it was found that the quality of a chemical plant design is ill defined. Brainstorming…”
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Quality criteria for process design in the design process — industrial case studies and an expert panel by Herder, P.M., Weijnen, M.P.C.

“…Research into the design processes at industrial operating companies and engineering contractors revealed that no explicit, well-defined set of quality…”
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Actionable solutions to tackle future energy uncertainties by Patil, A.C., Herder, P.M., Weijnen, M.

“…For the hydrogen economy to realize there will be a need for large-scale infrastructure investments. But with tremendous uncertainties surrounding the…”
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Disturbances and their impact on scheduling by Schumacher, J., Verwater-Lukszo, Z., Weijnen, M.P.C.

“…Various disturbances may upset batch production schedules during execution, necessitating frequent corrections. These disturbances have a negative impact on…”
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Challenges for process system engineering in infrastructure operation and control by Lukszo, Z., Weijnen, M.P.C., Negenborn, R.R., De Schutter, B., Ilić, Marija

“…The need for improving the operation and control of infrastructure systems has created a demand on optimization methods applicable in the area of complex…”
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Hierarchical markov reliability / availability models for energy & industrial infrastructure systems conceptual design by Ajah, A.N., Herder, P.M., Grievink, J., Weijnen, M.P.C.

“…Modelling infrastructure system's deterioration and repair behaviours through a markov model is not only essential for accurately predicting the system's…”
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An agent-based model to support negotiation-based order acceptance in a multi-plant enterprise by Mobini, Z., Behdani, B., Lukszo, Z., Weijnen, M.

“…Order acceptance decisions have a significant influence on the short- and long-term performance of a firm. Firms, therefore, should make complex order…”
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Integrating reliability optimization into chemical process synthesis by Goel, H.D., Grievink, J., Herder, P.M., Weijnen, M.P.C.

“…The growing need to achieve high availability for large integrated chemical process systems demands higher levels of system reliability at the operational…”
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Process systems knowledge sharing between higher education and industrial practice by Weijnen, M.P.C., Herder, P.M.

“…Five students from the TU Delft and TU Eindhoven were assigned with an M.Sc. research project on implementing knowledge management in different chemical…”
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How to Define the Condition of an Infrastructure for Different Asset Management Purposes? by Aijo, J., Altamirano, M., Weijnen, M.

“…Many countries are implementing systems to assess the condition of their critical infrastructures. These systems serve as basis to take more informed and…”
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Knowledge management to improve the quality of process design and the design process by Herder, P.M., Weijnen, M.P.C.

“…Knowledge management is a novel strategy intended to capture and re-use knowledge that has been obtained, e.g., in previous design projects or during the…”
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The potential of electric vehicles to facilitate a high wind power penetration by Ying Li, Lukszo, Z., Weijnen, M.

“…This paper aims at estimating the potential of Electric Vehicles (EVs) to assist the integration of wind power generation into the power system. Firstly, the…”
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Distributed generation vs bulk power transmission by Papaefthymiou, G., Houwing, M., Weijnen, M.P.C., van der Sluis, L.

“…Distributed Generation (DG) is generally considered as an alternative to bulk power transport. The basic idea is that the presence of electricity generation…”
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