Heat Flows in Production Systems and its Modeling and Simulation

This chapter introduces the theoretical foundation of the book by describing relevant terms and concepts of production systems in general and heat flows in particular (Sect. 2.1). It further presents two modeling methods to capture the behavior of heat flows in production systems and to provide design related options for improvements (Sect. 2.2). The chapter ends with a summary of preliminary findings concerning heat flows in production systems and its modeling methods (Sect. 2.3).