“just-for-peak” buffer inventory for peak electricity demand reduction of manufacturing systems

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1、“Just-For-Peak”BufferInventoryforPeakElectricityDemandReductionofManufacturingSystemsBYMAYELAFERNANDEZB.S.ChemicalEngineering,UniversidaddeCarabobo,Valencia,Venezuela,2007THESISSubmittedaspartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofScienceinIndustrialEngineeringintheGraduateCol

2、legeoftheUniversityofIllinoisatChicago,2013Chicago,IllinoisDefenseCommittee:Dr.LinLi,ChairandAdvisorDr.HoushangDarabiDr.DavidHeiiACKNOWLEDGMENTSFirst,IwouldliketothankGod,myfamilyandespeciallymyparents,Mr.GerardoFernandezandMrs.EdithFernandezforalltheirunconditionalsupportsthroughallmystudi

3、esandlife,withoutthemIwouldneverhavetheopportunitytobehere.Ialsowouldliketothankmyadvisor,Dr.LinLi,AssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofMechanicalandIndustrialEngineeringintheUniversityofIllinoisatChicago,forgivingmetheopportunityofbeingintheSustainableManufacturingSystemsResearchLaboratory.A

4、lso,Iwanttothankhimforhisimportantguidanceandhelpthroughoutnotonlyforthisproject,butalsoforcourserecommendation,careerpathvisualizationandmuchotheradvice.Additionally,IwouldalsoliketothankDr.HoushangDarabiandDr.DavidHeforservingasmygraduatecommittee.Theirtimeandguidanceintherevisionofthisth

5、esisaredeeplyappreciated.Finally,Iwishtothankalltheotherlabmembers,Mr.ChongyeWang,Mr.AndresBego,Mr.ZhichaoZhou,Dr.YongWang,Mr.JoshReeseandespeciallytoMr.ZeyiSun,fortheircollaborationsandsupportsthroughoutallmyresearchwork.ThelifeintheSustainableManufacturingSystemsResearchLaboratorycouldnot

6、bedelightedwithoutthecollaborationwiththem.iiiiiTABLEOFCONTENTSCHAPTERPAGES1.INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................12.METHODI:THROUGHPUT-CONSTRAINEDMODEL.................................................

7、...92.1MotivationandIntroduction..............................................................................................92.2ProblemFormulation.......................................................................................................102