Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Systems

Energy consumption is of great interest to manufacturing companies. Beyond considering individual processes and machines, the perspective on process chains and factories as a whole holds major potentials for energy efficiency improvements. To exploit these potentials, dynamic interactions of different processes as well as auxiliary equipment (e.g. compressed air generation) need to be taken into account. In addition, planning and controlling manufacturing systems require balancing technical, economic and environmental objectives. Therefore, an innovative and comprehensive methodology - with a generic energy flow-oriented manufacturing simulation environment as a core element - is developed and embedded into a step-by-step application cycle. The concept is applied in its entirety to a wide range of case studies such as aluminium die casting, weaving mills, and printed circuit board assembly in order to demonstrate the broad applicability and the benefits that can be achieved.

List of contents

Introduction.- Theoretical Background.- Derivation of requirements and methodological approach.- State of research.- Concept development.- Application of concept.- Summary and Outlook.

Summary

Energy consumption is of great interest to manufacturing companies. Beyond considering individual processes and machines, the perspective on process chains and factories as a whole holds major potentials for energy efficiency improvements. To exploit these potentials, dynamic interactions of different processes as well as auxiliary equipment (e.g. compressed air generation) need to be taken into account. In addition, planning and controlling manufacturing systems require  balancing technical, economic and environmental objectives. Therefore, an innovative and comprehensive methodology – with a generic energy flow-oriented manufacturing simulation environment as a core element – is developed and embedded into a step-by-step application cycle. The concept is applied in its entirety to a wide range of case studies such as aluminium die casting, weaving mills, and printed circuit board assembly in order to demonstrate the broad applicability and the benefits that can be achieved.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian Thiede
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2014
• EAN: 9783642437502
• ISBN: 978-3-642-43750-2
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 12 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 341 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 198 p.
• Series: Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management; Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business; C, computer science, engineering, Operations Management, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy technology & engineering, Energy Policy, Energy industries & utilities, Management of specific areas, Production management, Energy Efficiency, Computer simulation, Computer modelling & simulation, Simulation and Modeling, Energy and state, Environmental Monitoring, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis