Abstract
Automotive manufacturing industries are facing new challenges in the multi-faceted context of economy, technology and environment. Increasing energy prices and environmental issues mean that energy is now one of major costs in automotive manufacturing industries and also responsible for a significant proportion of Green House Gas emissions. The development of energy efficient techniques in automotive manufacturing operations is crucial to reduce energy consumption, Green House Gas emissions and also production costs. This paper presents a simulation-based methodology and the associated software development for the modelling of thermal and energy management across the automotive manufacturing plant and its application to the effective energy management of the manufacturing systems on shopfloor through an energy smart production management (e-ProMan). After current laboratory/workshop trials, the system will undergo validation trials at a number of manufacturing SMEs.
Highlights
Concerns about energy consumption have increased in the manufacturing industry due to a rise in energy cost and ecological adverse outcomes of production (American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy [ACEEE], 2009; Cheng & Bateman, 2008)
The amount of energy consumed in manufacturing systems accounts for a significant proportion of carbon emissions which has a major impact on climatic changes (International Energy Agency [IEA Statistics], 2015)
Electricity is the major source of energy in manufacturing, and more than 60 per cent of all electricity is produced from fossil fuels (World Energy Council, 2015)
Summary
Concerns about energy consumption have increased in the manufacturing industry due to a rise in energy cost and ecological adverse outcomes of production (American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy [ACEEE], 2009; Cheng & Bateman, 2008). Energy efficiency policies have been set up to reduce energy consumption (World Energy Council, 2015). Electricity is the major source of energy in manufacturing, and more than 60 per cent of all electricity is produced from fossil fuels (World Energy Council, 2015). For these reasons, carbon emissions are a crucial component of energy efficiency in automotive industries.
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