Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing: A Research Project for SBM 1300

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Energy Efficiency of
Machines
SBM 1300 Research Project - Assessment 4

Introduction
• The controlling designs and techniques of production machines
are rapidly changing to fulfill the purpose of finding some effective
practices and integrate them into energy management strategies.
• The management structure includes different energy
measurement and constantly monitoring its use. It also focuses on
finding ways to control & perfect optimization to reduce the global
consumption of different types of energy.
• The assessment tasks will help in understanding the need and
importance of energy management and help in understanding the
current and future methodologies to effectively use them.

Research Questions
• What can be the conditional requirements of increasing
energy efficiency?
• What kind of material is affecting a machine’s consumption
rate?
• What is the impact of feed rate on a machine’s energy
efficiency?
• What are the factors impacting efficiency when a machine
is operating?
• What are the basic mechanics & principles in locating the
machine energy?

Findings from the Research
• Measuring the consumption and monitoring the energy flow
• Use of meters to measure power consumption (GREEN,
2015)
• Measuring the consumed power can help in identifying the
energy distribution in different components of the machine.
• Increase in energy consumption by different data centers
should be controlled (Khosravi, Garg & Buyya, 2013).
• Modeling the consumption of energy in different production
processes (Li, Yan & Xing, 2013).

More Findings
• Controlling the use of electrical motors or finding an
efficient solution to increase their efficiency will be
significant. (Anibal de)
• Rising prices of energy, decreasing critical resources, less
focus on environment healthy technologies, lack of
regulations, etc., are some of the topics to be discussed
before answering the research questions. (Dr. Ing Dilip)
• The proper study of Machine tools and their individual
efficiency.

Conceptual Framework
• Most of the energy utilization depends majorly on Non-renewable
types of energy resources.
• The framework requires a program based on energy efficiency
• Develop Structural drivers and promote the efficiency concept in
industries. (Giulia)
• Management and production tasks need improvement as these
fields have a lot of barriers.
• Policies and governmental regulations need to be implemented.
• Listing out optimal practices for the companies for better energy
management.

Framework Diagram for Energy
Efficiency

Framework Continues
• Promoting the recovery of excess heat generated while the
production process, in all the industries.
• A proper fulfillment of specific requirements by companies to be
certified.
• Conducting various programs to promote and guide companies
in adopting energy securing infrastructure.
• Collecting and processing energy-related data from various
industries.
• Analytical algorithms and computational methods can be used to
convert the collected data into energy-prevention techniques.

Energy Consumption Framework
• Initialize the process
• Accurately configure the devices used for measuring the
energy consumed
• Capturing the overall power of the production system
• Analyze the captured information
• Identify the main sub-systems for monitoring power
• Capture, monitor and analyze the behaviors of the sub-
systems and sub-components of machines.

Methodologies for Improving Energy
Efficiency (M1)
• Defining an objective
• Promoting resource effective and energy
efficient manufacturing
• Organizing the manufacturing processes
• Controlling the singular processes
• Multi-machine production system
• Organizing these machines
• Synergizing the machines to share energy
• Development of efficient Supply Chain
• Final Overview

Methodologies for Improving Energy
Efficiency (M2)
UPLCI Methodology
(“Unit-Process Life-cycle
Inventories”).
Follows the rules of
various engineering
practices.
Helps in calculating the
energy losses.
Provides efficiency and
energy control knowledge
(Duflou et al., 2012).

M2 - Steps
• Defining the production goals.
• Analyzing the machine
• Selecting proper parameters
• Defining system Boundaries
• Identifying the functional units
• Calculating energy consumption and emission
• Measuring the process and timings (Duflou)