Increased energy efficiency in a Swedish iron foundry through use of discrete event simulation

There is a long lasting debate concerning the rapidly increasing energy prices in Sweden. For industry the prices has increased by roughly 100 percent the last 5 years. This situation has resulted in an extensive energy research and the work of this paper is part of that development. The paper prese...

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Main Authors:	Solding, Petter, Thollander, Patrik
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Carbon dioxide Casting Costs Discrete event simulation Energy consumption Energy efficiency Foundries Industrial relations Iron Production systems
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Summary:	There is a long lasting debate concerning the rapidly increasing energy prices in Sweden. For industry the prices has increased by roughly 100 percent the last 5 years. This situation has resulted in an extensive energy research and the work of this paper is part of that development. The paper presents a methodology to analyze and reduce the energy use within energy-intensive companies where the Swedish foundries are the main targets. The methodology is tested on a Swedish iron foundry. The paper shows that using specially built simulation models companies can lower their energy costs by planning the production in a more efficient way. The methodology described helps breaking down energy parameters into groups and gives examples of how the simulation model can be built to take energy use into consideration.
ISSN:	0891-7736 1558-4305