ENERGY EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT IN PRODUCTION LINE: A SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING APPROACH
Abstract
An increasing demands of the energy which causes a quick depletion of the natural energy
reserves within the earth has become a critical concern by the human society.
Additionally, anthropogenic activities which generate carbon emissions is indicated as
the primary cause of many environmental adverse impacts and the climate change.
Industrial sector is concerned to be the largest energy consumer compared to other
sectors. Manufacturing enterprises majorly expend energy intensively within the
production lines. Thus, an energy efficiency improvement tends to be a proper solution
to addressing this problem. This work aims to analyze a prospect energy efficiency
improvement within a production line. A discrete-event simulation (DES) was used to
investigate the energy saving potential and a case study was conducted in a crumb rubber
company. Three parameters were taken into consideration to calculate the energy
consumption, i.e. processing time, material flow, and machine states. An initial model
which represents an actual condition of the manufacturing production line was developed.
From the analysis of the initial model result, a recommendation scenario was built. It was
shown that a reduction of 8.22% in the energy consumption is achievable by
implementing the suggested scenario.
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