Lean manufacturing is often seen as a set of tools that reduce the total cost and improve the
quality of manufactured products. The lean management philosophy is one which targets …

When comparing a novel collagen and alkali silicate core binder system to a conventional
phenolic urethane binder system during full-scale trials, the phenolic urethane incurred a …

Unconventional oil and gas residual solid wastes are generally disposed in municipal waste
landfills (RCRA Subtitle D), but they contain valuable raw materials such as proppant sands …

The authors and collaborators have devised innovative technologies that decrease foundry
costs, pollution, materials use, and energy. These include:(a) applying advanced oxidation …

The research herein focused on the first step of the phenomena of surface cleaning by
hydrogen peroxide and advanced oxidation treatment, namely chronicling preferential …

Energy production by hydraulic fracturing consumes signi cant volumes of raw materials
(sand, clay and water). Conventionally, the solid wastes from this process are disposed to …

The wet reclamation of a waste foundry green sand or baghouse dust has been
demonstrated with applied ultrasonics, cavitation, settling (UCS) and advanced oxidants …

Hydroacoustic cavitation treatment, coupled with cyclone and spiral separation, were tested
to reclaim anthracite fines from a silt-coal slurry. This waste slurry had been received from an …

ustainable engineering solutions were developed to improve the sustainability of the iron
casting process. These engineering solutions aimed to modify the material and energy flow …