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Innovative potential for improvements in pellet production: from the perspectiveof TRIZ and Axiomatic Design
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Nova School of Science and Technology, UniversidadeNOVA de Lisboa,
Portugal
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UNIDEMI -Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Nova School of Science and Technology, Uni-versidade NOVA de Lisboa,
Portugal
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LASI -Intelligent Systens Associate Laboratory, Universidadedo Minho,
Portugal
IJOSI 2024 , 8(3), 12–27;
https://doi.org/10.6977/IJoSI.202409_8(3).0002
Submitted: 22 May 2023 | Revised: 1 July 2024 | Accepted: 16 July 2024 | Published: 30 December 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). Licensee AccScience Publishing, USA. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract
Improving the efficiency of an energy pipeline industry is complex. Therefore, this article explores the production of pine wood pellets with the application of the Axiomatic Design (AD) and Inventive Problem-solving Theory (TRIZ) techniques, to develop solutions to increase the productive and environmental performance of a pellet industry of Brazil. The results indicate an increase in environmental energy efficiency, in the quality of pellets and possible trade-off situations, creating opportunities for future improvements. This aspect demonstrates that the solutions lead to the evolution of the technical system with potential for innovation.
Keywords
AxiomaticDesign
Environmental Performance
Pellets
TRIZ.
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