Abstract: As electronic waste (ewaste) becomes one of the fastest growing environmental concerns, remanufacturing may be a promising solution. However, the profitability of takeback systems is hampered by several factors, including ...

Abstract: As market demand for remanufactured products increases and environmental legislation puts further enforcement on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), remanufacturing is becoming an important business. However, profitability ...

Abstract: Despite the importance of product repairability, current methods for assessing and grading repairability are limited, which hampers the efforts of designers, remanufacturers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and ...

Abstract: Effective energy planning and governmental decisionmaking policies heavily rely on accurate forecast of energy demand. This paper discusses and compares five different forecasting techniques to model energy demand in the ...

Abstract: In this paper, a data set of Lithiumion (Liion) laptop batteries has been studied with the aim of investigating the potential reusability of laptop batteries. This type of rechargeable batteries is popular due to their ...